Symptomatic social science : reflexivity, recognition and redistribution in the Great British class survey

May, TP

Abstract

The article examines methodological and theoretical issues related to the GBCS. It acknowledges its importance for the public profile of sociology, whilst arguing that it needs to develop a better sense of what it stands for not only in terms of understanding societal changes, but contributing to human betterment. To achieve this it discusses the role of reflexivity in the GBCS with reference to position and disposition and accounts of its process. It then moves on to examine its normative basis in terms of an ‘existential analytics’ and suggests a series of ways in which it might advance its insights as the work develops.

Citation

May, T. (2015). Symptomatic social science : reflexivity, recognition and redistribution in the Great British class survey. Sociological Review, 63(2), 400-414. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.12288

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 1, 2015
• Online Publication Date: May 1, 2015
• Publication Date: Jun 12, 2015
• Deposit Date: Jul 3, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 12, 2016
• Journal: The Sociological Review
• Print ISSN: 0038-0261
• Electronic ISSN: 10.1111/1467-954X.12288
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 63
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 400-414
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.12288
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.12288
• Related Public URLs: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-954X/
• Additional Information: Additional Information : Formerly published by Wiley/Blackwell