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Sociology in Belgium

Part of the Sociology Transformed Book Series

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-55663-9

ISBN: 978-1-137-55662-2

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK - Springer Journals

Oct 24, 2017

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Chapter 1Sociology in Belgium

Vanderstraeten, Raf; Louckx, Kaat

Pages: 1 –22

[This chapter starts with a sketch of the sociopolitical context within which sociology developed in Belgium. Afterwards three core aspects of the history of sociology are discussed: the rise of social science and the social statistics of Adolphe Quetelet in the mid-nineteenth century, the...
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Chapter 2Religion

Vanderstraeten, Raf; Louckx, Kaat

Pages: 23 –58

[Belgium is said to be internally divided into ideologically defined ‘pillars’, which are isolated from each other by innumerable organizations which exclusively serve members of their own community. Pillarization has been discussed at length in Belgian sociology. But pillarization also had a...
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Chapter 3Language

Vanderstraeten, Raf; Louckx, Kaat

Pages: 59 –92

[Linguistic differences gained prominence in Belgium in the twentieth century. An internal language border was administratively established in 1962. Flanders and Wallonia are since conceived of as different monolingual regions within Belgium. The social sciences, including sociology, benefited...
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Chapter 4Publications

Vanderstraeten, Raf; Louckx, Kaat

Pages: 93 –124

[Publications in ‘high-ranked’ journals and books have become ultimate forms of scholarly communication. In this chapter, attention is first paid to the diffusion and institutionalization of the publication imperative: publish or perish. Next detailed historical analyses of the shifting patterns...
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Chapter 5Epilogue

Vanderstraeten, Raf; Louckx, Kaat

Pages: 125 –130

[This chapter starts with an overview of the fragmentation and provincialization of sociology in Belgium. It then shows how an applied, policy-directed orientation has been dominant, albeit in different ways in the different sociological worlds. While applied, policy-directed research has long...

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