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While understanding society and our relationship with it is at the heart of the sociological endeavour, there is widespread disagreement among sociolo­gists as to the best manner of undertaking its disciplinary labours. First of all, sociologists disagree about the most appropriate way of conceptualizing society and the interrelationship of its constitutive macro-structures, mid-range institutions and micro-social encounters. Second, sociologists disagree about the character and purpose of their chosen academic discipline.