The Limits Of Social Science

Author : Martyn Hammersley
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1473906326
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Limits of Social Science written by Martyn Hammersley and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2014-06-16 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What forms of knowledge can social science claim to produce? Does it employ causal analysis, and if so what does this entail? What role should values play in the work of social scientists? These are the questions addressed in this book. They are closely interrelated, and the answers offered here challenge many currently prevailing assumptions. They carry implications both for research practice, quantitative or qualitative, and for the public claims that social scientists make about the value of their work. The arguments underpinning this challenge to conventional wisdom are laid out in detail in the first half of the book. In later chapters their implications are explored for two substantive areas of intrinsic importance: the study of social mobility and educational inequalities; and explanations for urban riots, notably those that took place in London and other English cities in the summer of 2011.

Author : Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781566398992
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unthinking Social Science written by Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immanuel Wallerstein develops a thorough-going critique of the legacy of nineteenth-century social science for social thought in the new millennium. We have to "unthink"-radically revise and discard-many of the presumptions that still remain the foundation of dominant perspectives today. Once considered liberating, these notions are now barriers to a clear understanding of our social world. They include, for example, ideas built into the concept of "development." In place of such a notion, Wallerstein stresses transformations in time and space. Geography and chronology should not be regarded as external influences upon social transformations but crucial to what such transformation actually is. Unthinking Social Science applies the ideas thus elaborated to a variety of theoretical areas and historical problems.

Author : Nathan Glazer
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674534438
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Limits of Social Policy written by Nathan Glazer and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many social policies of the 1960s and 1970s, designed to overcome poverty and provide a decent minimum standard of living for all Americans, ran into trouble in the 1980s--with politicians, with social scientists, and with the American people. Nathan Glazer has been a leading analyst and critic of those measures. Here he looks back at what went wrong, arguing that our social policies, although targeted effectively on some problems, ignored others that are equally important and contributed to the weakening of the structures--family, ethnic and neighborhood ties, commitment to work--that form the foundations of a healthy society. What keeps society going, after all, is that most people feel they should work, however well they might do without working, and that they should take care of their families, however attractive it might appear on occasion to desert them. Glazer proposes new kinds of social policies that would strengthen social structures and traditional restraints. Thus, to reinforce the incentive to work, he would attach to low-income jobs the same kind of fringe benefits--health insurance, social security, vacations with pay--that now make higher-paying jobs attractive and that paradoxically are already available in some form to those on welfare. More generally, he would reorient social policy to fit more comfortably with deep and abiding tendencies in American political culture: toward volunteerism, privatization, and decentralization. After a long period of quiescence, social policy and welfare reform are once again becoming salient issues on the national political agenda. Nathan Glazer's deep knowledge and considered judgment, distilled in this book, will be a source of advice, ideas, and inspiration for citizens and policymakers alike.

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ISBN 13 : 9788189524654
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critical Social Science written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Oswald Werner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783112330296
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Limits of Social Science Theory written by Oswald Werner and published by . This book was released on 1975-12-31 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Martyn Hammersley
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1473906334
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Limits of Social Science written by Martyn Hammersley and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2014-06-16 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What forms of knowledge can social science claim to produce? Does it employ causal analysis, and if so what does this entail? What role should values play in the work of social scientists? These are the questions addressed in this book. They are closely interrelated, and the answers offered here challenge many currently prevailing assumptions. They carry implications both for research practice, quantitative or qualitative, and for the public claims that social scientists make about the value of their work. The arguments underpinning this challenge to conventional wisdom are laid out in detail in the first half of the book. In later chapters their implications are explored for two substantive areas of intrinsic importance: the study of social mobility and educational inequalities; and explanations for urban riots, notably those that took place in London and other English cities in the summer of 2011.

Author : Oswald Werner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3112330307
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Limits of Social Science Theory written by Oswald Werner and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "On the Limits of Social Science Theory".

Author : Bent Flyvbjerg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139429922
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Social Science Matter written by Bent Flyvbjerg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-01-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making Social Science Matter presents an exciting new approach to the social and behavioral sciences including theoretical argument, methodological guidelines, and examples of practical application. Why has social science failed in attempts to emulate natural science and produce normal theory? Bent Flyvbjerg argues that the strength of social sciences lies in its rich, reflexive analysis of values and power, essential to the social and economic development of any society. Richly informed, powerfully argued, and clearly written, this book opens up a new future for the social sciences. Its empowering message will make it required reading for students and academics across the social and behavioral sciences.

Author : Brian Fay
Publisher : Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critical Social Science written by Brian Fay and published by Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anol Bhattacherjee
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781475146127
Total Pages : 156 pages
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Download or read book Social Science Research written by Anol Bhattacherjee and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to introduce doctoral and graduate students to the process of conducting scientific research in the social sciences, business, education, public health, and related disciplines. It is a one-stop, comprehensive, and compact source for foundational concepts in behavioral research, and can serve as a stand-alone text or as a supplement to research readings in any doctoral seminar or research methods class. This book is currently used as a research text at universities on six continents and will shortly be available in nine different languages.