What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Law
- Social science
- Politics
Social movement, Social science, Cognitive psychology, Democracy and Post-industrial society are his primary areas of study.
His research in Social movement focuses on subjects like Subject, which are connected to Gender studies, Aesthetics and Anthropology.
His study in Self extends to Social science with its themes.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Citizenship and Political economy.
The Post-industrial society study combines topics in areas such as Socioeconomics and Social history.
His studies deal with areas such as Modernization theory and Human rights as well as Politics.
His most cited work include:
- The voice and the eye : an analysis of social movements (518 citations)
- An Introduction to the Study of Social Movements (334 citations)
- Critique de la modernité (286 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His primary areas of investigation include Social science, Social movement, Politics, Political economy and Social change.
Social science connects with themes related to Post-industrial society in his study.
His study on Social movement is mostly dedicated to connecting different topics, such as Cognitive psychology.
Alain Touraine is studying Democracy, which is a component of Politics.
His Social change study frequently draws connections to other fields, such as Environmental ethics.
His work deals with themes such as Aesthetics and Universalism, which intersect with Modernity.
He most often published in these fields:
- Social science (14.57%)
- Social movement (9.93%)
- Politics (9.93%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2001-2015)?
- Politics (9.93%)
- Social science (14.57%)
- Epistemology (5.30%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Alain Touraine mainly investigates Politics, Social science, Epistemology, Social change and Environmental ethics.
His Politics study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Political economy, Economy and Market economy.
His work on Social environment as part of general Social science study is frequently connected to World trade center, therefore bridging the gap between diverse disciplines of science and establishing a new relationship between them.
His work on Subject, Sociology of knowledge and Sociological imagination as part of general Epistemology study is frequently linked to Social geometry, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science.
His work on Social transformation as part of general Social change research is frequently linked to Order and Process, thereby connecting diverse disciplines of science.
The concepts of his Modernity study are interwoven with issues in Aesthetics, Centralized government, Social movement, Power and End of history.
Between 2001 and 2015, his most popular works were:
- Critique de la modernité (286 citations)
- Un nuevo paradigma: para comprender el mundo de hoy (82 citations)
- The Importance of Social Movements (52 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Law
- Social science
- Politics
Alain Touraine mainly focuses on Social science, Pentagon, Media studies, Social movement and Social environment.
His Social science study combines topics in areas such as Social order, Environmental ethics, Expression and Social change.
Alain Touraine performs multidisciplinary study in the fields of Pentagon and World trade center via his papers.
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