John H. Goldthorpe On Sociology: Critique and Program

On Sociology: Critique And Program (Studies in Social Inequality)

1. Introduction
2. The Uses of History in Sociology: Reflections on Some Recent Tendencies
3. Current Issues in Comparative Macrosociology
4. Sociological Ethnography Today: Problems and Prospects
5. Globalisation and Social Class
6. The Quantitative Analysis of Large-Scale Data-Sets and Rational Action Theory: For a Sociological Alliance
7. Rational Action Theory for Sociology
8. Rational Action Theory in Sociology: Misconceptions and Real Problems
9. Causation, Statistics and Sociology

グローバリゼーションやNew Politicsなどの概念を安易に取り入れることに非常に批判的。

大規模データの計量分析と合理的行為(選択)理論の統合の話の社会学にとっての重要性、かつその難しさなどを考えた。