Geographical Sociology Theoretical Foundations and Methodological Applications in the Sociology of Location /

• Main Authors: Porter, Jeremy R. (Author), Howell, Frank M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Series: GeoJournal Library, 105
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Geography.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Sociology.; Human geography.; Social Sciences.; Human Geography.; Sociology, general.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.; Geography, general.; Regional/Spatial Science.

The discipline of Sociology has a rich history of including spatial context in the analysis of social issues.  Much of this history has revolved around the development and application of spatial theory aimed at understanding the geographic distribution of social problems, the organization of communi...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Geo-Sociology
• PART I. THE SOCIOLOGY OF LOCATION: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS
• Chapter 2: Important Contributions to Geo-Sociology
• Chapter 3: Roots of Space in Sociology Community Sociology at the Wisconsin and Chicago Schools
• Chapter 4: Human Ecology and its Link to Geographical Sociology
• Chapter 5: Contemporary Movements in the Theories of Location
• PART II. SPATIAL CONTEXT IN SOCIAL RESEARCH: METHODOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
• Chapter 6: Making Data Spatial
• Chapter 7: Spatial Concepts and the Application to Geo-Sociology
• Chapter 8: Geo-Sociology in Practice
• Chapter 9: Concluding Remarks
• Bibliography.  .