Contents

pp iii-v

Acknowledgements

pp vi-vi

Foreword

pp vii-viii

Introduction

pp 1-14

Part 1 - What can sociology do?

pp 15-16

one - The sociologist as voyeur

pp 17-22

two - Why sociology?

pp 23-28

three - Sociology as a science/technology of freedom

pp 29-34

four - Why sociology matters

pp 35-40

five - Passion, curiosity and integrity

pp 41-48

six - Sociology as democratic knowledge

pp 49-54

seven - Pushing at the boundaries of the discipline: politics, personal life and the psychosocial

pp 55-70

eight - Growing up as a sociologist in rural Shropshire

pp 71-76

nine - On the right-of-way

pp 77-82

ten - Living sociology

pp 83-96

Part 2 - What does it mean to be a sociologist?

pp 97-98

eleven - Sociology for some, someone’s sociology…

pp 99-108

twelve - Imagining social science

pp 109-116

thirteen - From accidental to ambitious sociology

pp 117-122

fourteen - Sociographer by design? Boundary crossings and interdisciplinarity

pp 123-128

fifteen - ‘I am a sociologist’; but what exactly is a sociologist and how do you become one?

pp 129-134

sixteen - Sociology: from committing to being?

pp 135-142

seventeen - Drift, opportunity, and commitment: the shaping of a professional career

pp 143-152

eighteen - A passion for empirical sociology

pp 153-162

nineteen - Me, myself and sociology

pp 163-170

twenty - Turning to the psychosocial: drawing on sociology to address societal issues

pp 171-178

Part 3 - How does one become a sociologist?

pp 179-180

twenty-one - A long haul

pp 181-186

twenty-two - Putting sociology to work in the NHS

pp 187-196