Explaining Society: Critical Realism in the Social Sciences - Rilegato

Danermark, Berth; Ekstrom, Mats; Jakobsen, Liselotte; Karlsson, Jan Ch.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 041522182X ISBN 13: 9780415221825

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2001

Riassunto

This book will be immensely valuable for students and researchers in social science, sociology and philosophy in that it connects methodology, theory and empirical research. It provides an innovative picture of what society and social science is, along with the methods used to study and explain social phenomena.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Berth Danermark is Professor of Sociology in the department of Social Science, and of Caring Sciences, University of Örebro, Sweden. Mats Ekström is Professor in Sociology in the Communication and Media Studies department, University of Örebro, Sweden. Liselotte Jakobsen is Senior Researcher at Karlstad University. Jan Ch. Karlsson is Professor of Sociology, in Working Life Science, Karlstad University.

Contenuti:

1. Introduction 2. Science, Reality and Concepts 3. Conceptual Abstraction and Causality 4. Generalization, Scientific Inference and Models for Explanatory Social Science 5. Theory in the Methodology of Social Science 6. Critical Methodological Pluralism 7. Social Science and Practice 8. Conclusion

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 041522182X
• ISBN 13: 9780415221825
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 232