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"Relational sociology was conceived by theorists frustrated by what they viewed as an incomplete accounting of social reality. Torn between notions of structural rigidity on the one hand and rational choice individualism on the other, relational sociologists have sought new units of analysis. Social reality, they have argued, is manufactured through relationships. People are who they are, and society is what it is, not because of some individual or collective "essence," but rather because of the networks that social beings build amongst one another. Relational Sociology and Research on Schools, Colleges, and Universities demonstrates the value of introducing new relational methods and epistemologies in educational research. Across seven original chapters, the editors, William G. Tierney and Suneal Kolluri, and a series of leading and emerging scholars in the field examine the roles and significance of ongoing transactions among connected social actors-students, peers, families, teachers-in a variety of institutional contexts. The book explores various uses and applications of relational sociology in education while highlighting its promise to provide fresh insight into intractable problems of inequity in United States schools"--

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The comparative ethnography of young airtime sellers in Abidjan and delivery riders in Berlin analyses experiences of precarity for young men in the urban digital economy. It points to the relevance of symbolic capital in relational mechanisms of closure, domination and exploitation for making a living in globalised precarity.

Information technology --- Precarious employment --- Young men --- Economic aspects. --- Abidjan. --- Berlin. --- comparative urbanism. --- economic practice. --- gig economy. --- livelihood. --- relational sociology. --- symbolic capital. --- telecommunications. --- urban youth.

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According to relational sociology, power imbalances are at the root of human conflicts and consequently shape the physical and symbolic struggles between interdependent groups or individuals. This volume highlights the role of power relations in the African American experience by applying key concepts of Pierre Bourdieu and Norbert Elias to black literature and culture. The authors offer new readings of power asymmetries as represented in works of canonical and contemporary black writers (Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, Gwendolyn Brooks, Toni Morrison, Percival Everett, Colson Whitehead), rap music (e.g., Jay Z), images of black homelessness, and figurations of political activism (civil rights activist Bayard Rustin Besprochen in: Begegnungszentrum für aktive Gewaltlosigkeit, Rundbrief, 1 (2018)

American literature --- African American authors. --- African American literature (English) --- Black literature (American) --- Negro literature --- Afro-American authors --- Negro authors --- African American Literature. --- America. --- American Studies. --- Black Culture. --- Capital. --- Cultural Sociology. --- Cultural Studies. --- Established-Outsider Relationships. --- Field. --- Habitus. --- Literary Studies. --- Norbert Elias. --- Pierre Bourdieu. --- Political Activism. --- Power Asymmetries. --- Power Imbalances. --- Power Relations. --- Racism. --- Rap Music. --- Social Relations. --- Sociological Theory. --- Sociology of Literature. --- Symbolic Violence. --- Relational Sociology; Pierre Bourdieu; Norbert Elias; Sociology of Literature; Cultural Sociology; Power Relations; Racism; African American Literature; Black Culture; Rap Music; Political Activism; Habitus; Field; Capital; Symbolic Violence; Established-Outsider Relationships; Power Asymmetries; Power Imbalances; America; Social Relations; American Studies; Sociological Theory; Cultural Studies; Literary Studies --- Racism in literature. --- African Americans --- Politics and government. --- History and criticism --- Bourdieu, Pierre, --- Elias, Norbert, --- Elías, N. --- Burdʹe, Pʹer, --- Burdʹe, P. --- Bourdieu, P. --- Pūrtiyu, Piyar, --- Music --- History and criticism.