Re-thinking participation in prospective exercises – part two (including, for something completely different, discussion of the prospect of legalised doping in professional sport!)
Sociological perspectives tend to focus on the social world, what constitutes it and its influence on individuals, etc, rather than focussing their analysis on individuals (as, say, psychology does). Crucial foci are social structures of various types, the development and reproduction of social roles (and associated role structures), etc, and how these and related processes … [Read more…]