Social Science in Question: Towards a Postdisciplinary Framework - Brossura

Smith, Mark J.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0761960414 ISBN 13: 9780761960416

Casa editrice: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1998

Riassunto

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 way.

Social Science in Question is the Course Text for The Open University′s Postgraduate Foundation Module (D820 The Challenge of the Social Sciences).

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Informazioni sull'autore

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.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0761960414
• ISBN 13: 9780761960416
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 352
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Europaallee 1; Bad Hersfeld; 36244; Germania