Andrew Sayer

Method in Social Science

Revised 2nd Edition

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In its second edition, Method in Social Science was widely praised for its penetrating analysis of central questions in social science discourse. This revised edition comes with a new preface and a full new bibliography.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9780415582476
• ISBN-10: 0415582474
• Artikelnr.: 30207341

Autorenporträt

Andrew Sayer is a Professor in the department of Sociology at the University of Lancaster. His research interests include social theory and political economy, and the philosophy of social research. Recent publications include The New Social Economy: Reworking the Division of Labor (Blackwell, 1992), Realism and Social Science (Sage, 2000), and The Moral Significance of Class (Cambridge University Press, 2005).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Second Edition. Introduction 1. Knowledge in Context 2.
Theory, Observation and Practical Adequacy 3. Theory and Method I:
Abstraction, Structure and Cause 4. Theory and Method II: Types of System
and Their Implications 5. Some Influential Misadventures in the Philosophy
of Science 6. Quantitative Methods in Social Science 7. Verification and
Falsification 8. Popper's 'Falsificationism' 9. Problems of Explanation and
the Aims of Social Science. Notes and References. Bibliography. Index