Conceptualizing Relational Sociology

Edited by François Depelteau and Christopher Powell, this volume and its companion, Applying Relational Sociology: Networks, Relations, addresses fundamental questions about what relational sociology is and how it works.

'The companion edited volumes Conceptualizing Relational Sociology and Applying Relational Sociology offer nothing less than a platform to review and renegotiate some of the key aspects and key contributions for the social sciences. The editors' strategy for achieving this is remarkable they seek to introduce relational sociology based on what they hold as evidence of this way of thinking of society in both seminal and more contemporary thought, and do so by bringing together a strong selection of contributions from established and up-and-coming authors. One of the major strengths of this book is that relational sociology is introduced not as a broad declaration of war to any existing and established current, but rather as a 'federative' epistemological discussion that is introduced by means of a demonstration of its presence, and by illuminating us on its principles as they are developed already in some of the seminal contributions to the field. It is my opinion that this book makes a great contribution to the epistemology of sociology and to the social sciences as a whole.' - Jonathan Paquette, Associate Professor, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa, Canada

Margaret Archer, University of Warwick, UKNick Crossley, University of Manchester, UKMustafa Emirbayer, University of Wisconsin at Madison, USAKenneth Fish, University of Winnipeg, CanadaDebbie Kasper, Hiram College, USACraig McFarlane, Carleton University, USASarah Redshaw, Senior Researcher, Nursing Research and Practice Development Unit, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, UKChristopher Thorpe, Robert Gordon University, UKCharalambos Tsekeris, Athens Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece