Division Of Labor In Society Research Articles

Some problems of Soviet medical practice; a sociological approach.

SOCIOLOGY views the work of the physician as part of the general division of labor in society and attempts to relate his functions to other aspects of the social order.1 , 2 Of particular interest in this respect is the problem of the issuance by the physician of sickness certificates as valid excuses to obtain relief from certain obligations or to by-pass certain regulations.It is a general premise, in a "rational" system of medicine, that true illnesses or injuries are not the result of the motivation of the patient, and that he must not be held morally or legally accountable for . . .

Sociological Research in the Field of Medicine: Progress and Prospects

T HE past decade has been an eventful one for the science and art of medicine. In the period under consideration discovery has been built on discovery; the machinery for carrying on medical research has expanded in substantial fashion; public discussion has grown warm over the appropriate social machinery for providing medical services; concern over health and aging have emerged as social problems; doctors and hospital administrators have become increasingly role-conscious. In this paper such factual developments are ignored; discussion is focused on a consideration of matters of a research order during that decade. When the sociologist studies medicine, he is studying work. Medicine has no unique interest for sociology. The justification for its study lies in the light it throws on more general forms of social organization. The sociologist's interest, therefore, is first in the institutions in which the work goes on-in this paper in the hospital and the doctor's office. Secondly, the sociologist is interested in medicine as part of the occupational division of labor in society. Finally, sociologists are interested in the social psychology of work, that is, in the relation of work to personality organization. All three of these fields have been advanced by recent research in the medical field. The remainder of this paper deals with developments in the institutional and occupational spheres.

On the Division of Labor in Society

On the Division of Labor in Society

The division of labor in society

Originally published in 1893 and never out of print, Emile Durkheim's groundbreaking work remains one of the cornerstone texts of the sociological canon--now updated and re-translated in this new edition.As the Industrial Revolution was changing the landscape of society, Durkheim presented a new vision of the social structures at the root of capitalism, and the issues he grappled with still resound today. If pre-industrial societies were held together by common values, sentiments, and norms, equally shared by all, what holds modern societies, with their complex division of labor and non-cohesive social structure, together? What did this new social order mean for the autonomy of the individual? Durkheim argued that class conflict is not inherent in a capitalist society, as Marx contended, but that the unfettered growth of state power would lead to the extinction of individuality. Only in a free society that promotes voluntary bonds between its members, Durkheim suggested, can individuality prosper. In this new edition, the first since 1984, world-renowned Durkheim scholar Steven Lukes revisits and revises the original translation to enhance clarity, accuracy, and fluency for the contemporary reader. Lukes also highlights Durkheim's arguments by putting them into historical context with a timeline of important information. For students and scholars, this edition of The Division of Labor is essential reading and key to understanding the relevance of Durkheim's ideas today.

Emile Durkheim on the Division of Labor in Society.George Simpson

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsEmile Durkheim on the Division of Labor in Society. George Simpson Ellsworth FarisEllsworth Faris Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Sociology Volume 40, Number 3Nov., 1934 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/216753 Views: 6Total views on this site Citations: 5Citations are reported from Crossref PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Hans-Peter Müller Differenzierung und Integration: Arbeitsteilung und Solidarität, (Feb 2019): 61–100.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-21163-9_4B. Robert Owens Producing Parsons' reputation: Early critiques of Talcott Parsons' social theory and the making of a caricature, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences 46, no.22 (Apr 2010): 165–188.https://doi.org/10.1002/jhbs.20424Jack P. Gibbs A Formal Restatement of Durkheim's “Division of Labor” Theory, Sociological Theory 21, no.22 (Jun 2003): 103–127.https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9558.00180Robert K. Merton ?Durkheim'sDivision of Labor in Society?: A sexagenarian postscript, Sociological Forum 9, no.11 (Mar 1994): 27–36.https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01507703William R. Catton Emile Who and the Division of What?, Sociological Perspectives 28, no.33 (Aug 2016): 251–280.https://doi.org/10.2307/1389148

Durkheim's Division of Labor in Society

The source of social life, according to Durkheim, is the similitude of consciousnesses and the division of labor. The former is best evident among primitive societies where a solidarity evidenced by repressive law, prevails; the latter in advanced societies where populations evidence greater dynamic density, and juridical rules define the nature and relations of functions. In combating individualism and basing the existence of societies on a consensus of parts, Durkheim refutes his positivistic emphasis which denies the relevance of ends to a scientific study of society. In his discussion of social ends is a latent anti-mechanistic trend. The theory of unilinear development is established on deficient ethnographic data. It assumes the absence of division of labor among primitive societies and of any solidarity among modern societies. Repressive and restitutive law Durkheim seeks to use as indexes of mechanical and organic solidarity, but he does not establish with any precisi...

On the Division of Labour in Society

On the Division of Labour in Society

Emile Durkheim on the Division of Labor in Society.

Emile Durkheim on the Division of Labor in Society.

On the Division of Labor in Society

On the Division of Labor in Society