Sociological readings and re-readings - Paul Atkinson

In recent years, social scientists have
in common with many disciplines
become increasingly interested in the rhetoric of inquiry. Sociologists and anthropologists have become preoccupied with the analysis of the texts of their respective disciplines. It is recognised that social scientists construct and interpret representations of the social world. Moreover there is widespread recognition that the characteristics of each discipline are
in part
describable in terms of the distinctive conventions of a given genre. Consequently, the intellectual work of being a social scientist is
in large measure
predicated on conventions of reading and writing. - - This volume brings together a collection of important essays in the general area of sociological texts and the conventional practices of reading and writing.