Textbooks and Sociology: a Franco-British comparison

Cherry Schrecker (1)

1 PACTE - Pacte, Laboratoire de sciences sociales

This comparison of British and French textbooks published between 1950 and 2003 sets out to identify differences and similarities in form and content which may be indicative of the ways in which sociology is conceived and practised in the two countries. Aspects of the texts such as their definitions of sociology, their construction of the sociological tradition and their use of examples and illustrations are examined. Both common features and differences are found, suggesting the existence of distinct national traditions which refer to more universal characteristics inherent in sociology as a discipline.

Mots clés: sociological traditions; introductory textbooks; British sociology; French sociology; textual presentations

Domaines: Sociologie

Cherry Schrecker. Textbooks and Sociology: a Franco-British comparison. Current Sociology, 2008. ⟨hal-01568764⟩