"Research Industry" as a mediating instance in the production of sociological knowledge
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Research Industry, mediating institution, applied social research, knowledge production, knowledge sociology.
Abstract
This paper is based on the doctoral thesis research “The production of sociological knowledge in Spain”, which analysis the past and current role played by the industry of knowledge production about consumption in the development of applied sociology in Spain. The paper studies the features of this Research Industry, as a mediating institution of the sociological knowledge, which is involved in social control tasks, as an order model. The article makes clear how the Research Industry as well as its modes of production and its final products can be -and should be- analysed and interpreted from the social mediation theory and from the social production of knowledge.Downloads
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2015-12-11
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Hernández Fernández C. (2015). "Research Industry" as a mediating instance in the production of sociological knowledge. Mediaciones Sociales, 14, 129-142. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_MESO.2015.n14.51562
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