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The Palgrave Handbook of Relational Sociology

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Editors:
  1. François Dépelteau

    1. Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada

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  • Presents cutting-edge research in the understudied discipline of relational sociology

  • Builds on the work of theorists such as Mauss, Latour, Simmel, Deleuze, and Serres

  • Explores the discipline within the context of the so-called 'relational turn' of the late twentieth century

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. General Presentations of Relational Sociology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Relational Thinking in Sociology: Relevance, Concurrence and Dissonance

      • François Dépelteau
      Pages 3-33

    3. The Relation as Magical Operator: Overcoming the Divide Between Relational and Processual Sociology

      • Frédéric Vandenberghe
      Pages 35-57

  4. Social Forms, System Theories and Network Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199
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    2. Georg Simmel and Relational Sociology

      • Christian Papilloud
      Pages 201-215

    3. Georg Simmel’s Concept of Forms of Association as an Analytical Tool for Relational Sociology

      • Natàlia Cantó-Milà
      Pages 217-230

    4. Switchings Among Netdoms: The Relational Sociology of Harrison C. White

      • Jorge Fontdevila
      Pages 231-269

    5. Relationalism and Social Networks

      • Emily Erikson
      Pages 271-287

    6. Is Niklas Luhmann a Relational Sociologist?

      • Jean-Sébastien Guy
      Pages 289-304

  5. Power Relations, Inequalities and Conflicts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 305-305
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    2. Charles Tilly and Relational Sociology

      • Chares Demetriou
      Pages 307-324
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About this book

This handbook on relational sociology covers a rapidly growing approach in the social sciences—one which is connected to the interests of a large, diverse pool of researchers across a range of disciplines. Relational sociology has been one of the key foundations of the “relational turn” in human sciences since the 1980s, and it offers a unique opportunity to redefine the basic epistemological and ontological principles of sociology as we know it. The contributors collected here aim to elucidate the complexity and the scope of this growing approach by dealing with three central questions: Where does relational sociology come from and what are its principal concerns? What are the main theoretical and methodological currents within relational sociology? What have we studied in relational sociology and what are the results? 


Editors and Affiliations

  • Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada

    François Dépelteau

About the editor

François Dépelteau is Professor of Sociology at Laurentian University, Canada. He is a specialist in sociological theory and relational sociology, and has published many books and articles in journals such as Sociological Theory and The International Review of Sociology. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of Relational Sociology

  • Editors: François Dépelteau

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66005-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-66004-2Published: 24 January 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88150-8Published: 06 June 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-66005-9Published: 10 January 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 686

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Sociological Theory, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Sociology of Culture

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