Reinventing Evidence in Social Inquiry: Decoding Facts and Variables (Cultural Sociology) - Softcover

Biernacki, R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1137007273 ISBN 13: 9781137007278

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

Reinventing Evidence in Social Inquiry overthrows the techniques for coding evidence that pervade the modern social sciences. Natural scientists produce facts and humanists interpret meanings. But what happens when social scientists who study culture try to forge a hybrid between the two? On the surface, they classify cultural meanings to produce facts or variables. With stunning case examples, this book dismantles the facts as circular inventions with no existence outside the false rituals in which they are spun. Social investigators must reclaim their roots with more direct, testable methods for recognizing patterns in human testimony.

Über diesen Titel

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Richard Biernacki is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego, USA.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1137007273
• ISBN 13: 9781137007278
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 212
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Yeepin GmbH; 492000000000; sunshine12232@outlook.com; ; Alleestr.11; Kaiserslautern; Rheinland-Pfalz; 67655; Deutschland