Abstract
This article presents a historical overview of clinical sociology in Quebec, describing the basic theoretical assumptions of this approach. Cultural anthropology and social ethnography are looked at first, followed by theories of social intervention and psychosociology. From the 1980s onwards, clinical sociology appears to be an integrating framework for a diversity of theoretical views related to the study of social practices. Three basic characteristics of clinical sociology are emphasized: the relation of involvement between researchers and social actors, the relation to action and the notion of complexity as a theoretical point of view.
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