Professional paper

Chicago School of Urban Sociology

Vesna Popovski ; Institut za društvena istraživanja, Zagreb

Abstract

Chicago School of Urban Sociology regards almost all problems of social life as urban problems, connects them to the environment which then appears as an independent and explanatory variable. The subject gaining most attention was »personal and social disintegration« which is not exclusively the subject of social pathology, but must also be observed from the standpoint of »social reorganization«. The process most important for the understanding of rapid city growth is mobility in the environment. Social mobility has been far less frequently discussed. Within the Chicago School human ecology has received a boost to its development, since it is the basis of the classical city theory which explains problems of social life through the ecological framework. The Chicago School recognizes qualitative methodology. For that reason it adopts a method of the observer-participant. It stresses the need for direct contact with subjects. Quantitative techniques are not neglected, but are nevertheless auxiliary, at least in the early development period of the school.

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Hrčak ID:

155854

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/155854

Publication date:

31.12.1983.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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