The relationship between geopolitical position and general social theory is examined by a
detailed reading of three important texts, Coleman's Foundations of Social Theory …

In the provocative opening essay Kenway and Fahey explore ways in which the notion of the
imagination itself might be mobilized by researchers. They are encouraged to …

This book offers a critical realist intervention into the field of Marxist Sociology of Education.
Critical realism, as developed by British philosopher Roy Bhaskar, is known for its capacity …

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This article examines the knowledge-creation project called Sociology that was launched in
Australia between 1955 and 1975. An energetic founding group created a network of …

Differing accounts are conventionally given of the origins of medical sociology and its parent
discipline of sociology. These distinct 'histories' are justified on the basis that the sociological …

Feminist scholarship has been central to the success and prominence of the Australian
social sciences. The impact and significance of the work of sociologists such as Raewyn …

The 1963 birth of The Australian Sociological Association (TASA, initially the Sociological
Association of Australia and New Zealand) came at a time when sociology teaching in …

There has been a renewal of interest in the writing of national histories of sociology, with
dozens of histories recently published in both the global North and South. Despite this, there …

Abstract The Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology was an initiative of
Australia's first criminology department, at Melbourne, from where the proposal to establish a …