Social Science in Question: Towards a Postdisciplinary Framework (Published in Association With the Open University) - Hardcover

Smith, Mark J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761960406 ISBN 13: 9780761960409

Verlag: Sage Publications UK, 1998

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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

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

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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.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Sage Publications UK
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0761960406
• ISBN 13: 9780761960409
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 374
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Europaallee 1; Bad Hersfeld; 36244; Deutschland