Carl J. Couch and the Iowa School: In His Own Words and in Reflection - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1787431665 ISBN 13 : 9781787431669

Editeur : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In this new volume of Studies in Symbolic Interaction Carl J. Couch s (1925-1994) memoir The Romance of Discovery, which has lain unpublished for thirty years, is published in full for the first time. Couch, one of the co-founders of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, reflects on his work that influenced a generation of scholars and created a novel perspective known as the new Iowa School of Symbolic Interaction. His memoir describes the joy of establishing synergetic connections and the pain of the political struggles associated with the establishment of this school of thought. It offers a frank, proud yet humble, unapologetic description of a scholar s journey, from a successful research to a founder of a school of thought. It provides a readable and valuable moral tale of how research is not only a social act, but charged with political and conflictual dynamics as well. 
Edited and set in context by Michael A. Katovich, the volume also includes Couch s unpublished essay Forms of Social Processes which sets out a theory of his methodology. Friends and colleagues offer their personal reflections on their relationship with Couch, and the volume concludes with a unique selected bibliography on new Iowa School works.

Biographie de l'auteur

Michael A Katovich is Professor of Sociology at Texas Christian University, USA, and formerly was President of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. He has published widely on drug and alcohol use, death and dying and social psychology and his work uses a conceptual framework derived from the Iowa School of Symbolic Interaction

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Date d'édition: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1787431665
• ISBN 13: 9781787431669
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Éditeur: Katovich Dr Michael A.