The development of Sociology in Central America: The unfulfilled promise

This article is an overview of the development of sociology from the 1970s until present days. The main argument is that the originality of the foundational project of the sociology in Central America was its regional perspective, which first became weak and later almost completely disappeared. The...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor: Rovira Mas, Jorge
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:Ecuador
Recursos:Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Repositorio:Revista ICONOS
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/250
Acesso em linha:https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/250
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:sociology
Central America
Latin America
Edelberto Torres Rivas
sociología
Centro América
América Latina
Descrição
Resumo:This article is an overview of the development of sociology from the 1970s until present days. The main argument is that the originality of the foundational project of the sociology in Central America was its regional perspective, which first became weak and later almost completely disappeared. The challenge now is about how to strengthen the discipline from this perspective but grounded in the present.