Theory In Action: Theoretical Constructionism

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How to approach social theory actively and tie it to practical work and method has long been a challenge for professional scholars and students. Theory in Action explores the active use of theorizing for constructing and generating new knowledge. With essays covering key aspects of social theory, this will prove hugely valuable to those at all levels conducting concrete research.

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Peter Sohlberg, Ph.D. (1997), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), is Professor in Philosophy of Social Science at NTNU. He has published monographs and articles in the fields of philosophy of science, sociology and social psychology. He has been teaching social theory and philosophy of social science since the early 1990s in Uppsala, Stockholm and Trondheim. Hkon Leiulfsrud, Ph.D. (1991), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), is Professor in Sociology at NTNU. He has published his work in the field of sociology with a special interest in social inequality and social stratification, social change and work. He has been teaching sociological theory, qualitative methods and social stratification in Trondheim since the mid-1990s.