Hugh Stretton

The Political Sciences Routledge Library Editions

Political Science vol 46: General Principles of Selection in Social Science and History

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Social science is a social activity as well as a method of discovery. The researchers' values and politics colour their work and so do their choices of scientific method. This book is about both - the technical effects of values and the political effects of technique. The author reports what social scientists and historians actually do. He sorts out the scientific from the political content in a wide range of old and new work in history, sociology, political science and economics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 476
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 844g
• ISBN-13: 9780415555876
• ISBN-10: 0415555876
• Artikelnr.: 28027220

Autorenporträt

Hugh Stretton

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Use 1. Why Men Act 2. For example: Why did Chamberlain change his
Mind? 3. Why Histories Happen 4. For example:What caused Imperialism? 5. A
Model of Moralizing Science Part 2: Truth 6. Scientific Selection of Causes
7. Scientific Knowledge of Causes 8. Understanding 9. The Imagination of
Effects Part 3: Truth in Use 10. Social Cohesion, Conflict and Change
11.Political Economy 12. Values in Practice and Theory 13. A Summary of
Themes 14. A Political Science of Society