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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Aspirations and opportunities

a career in sociology

Michael Banton

pp. 173-179

Abstract

In 1945, at the end of WWII, there was only one person in Britain, Morris Ginsberg, who held an appointment as Professor of Sociology. By 2001, according to a survey conducted by A.H. Halsey (2004: 225–32), there were 199 serving and 37 retired professors of sociology. Halsey threw his net widely, counting as sociologists persons who held posts in Social Policy, and others on the fringes of the subject, but nonetheless the figures testify to a truly remarkable expansion.

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Published in:

Burnett Judith, Jeffers Syd, Thomas Graham (2010) New social connections: sociology's subjects and objects. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.

Pages: 173-179

DOI: 10.1057/9780230274877_11

Full citation:

Banton Michael (2010) „Aspirations and opportunities: a career in sociology“, In: J. Burnett, S. Jeffers & G. Thomas (eds.), New social connections, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 173–179.