Social Science in Question

Smith, M.J.

ISBN 10: 0761960414 / ISBN 13: 9780761960416

Editore: Sage Publications Ltd, 1998

This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1000grams, ISBN:9780761960416. Codice articolo 9362190

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).

Informazioni sull?autore: Mark J Smith is a Lecturer in Social Sciences at the Open University.

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Titolo: Social Science in Question
Casa editrice: Sage Publications Ltd
Data di pubblicazione: 1998
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Poor