Social Science in Question - Couverture souple

Smith, Mark J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0761960414 ISBN 13 : 9780761960416

Editeur : SAGE Publications Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

How do social scientists study the social world? Is social scientific practice in transformation? Can social science learn from its own past?

This major text takes the reader on an intellectual journey starting with the story of modern science and the impact that this has had on social scientific practice, and going on to outline and critically review the major approaches to social scientific

inquiry, ranging from positivism to postmodernism. Throughout, readers are encouraged to think carefully about what it means to: study the social world in a scientific way; make connections between what they do and the everyday lives of the people they study; and look beyond their discipline and think in a postdisciplinary wa

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mark J Smith is a Lecturer in Social Sciences at the Open University.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

This major text takes the reader on an intellectual journey starting with the story of modern science and the impact that this has had on social scientific practice, and going on to outline and critically review the major approaches to social scientific inquiry, ranging from positivism to postmodernism.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0761960414
• ISBN 13: 9780761960416
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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