Alan Sears, James Cairns

A Good Book, In Theory

Making Sense Through Inquiry, Third Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This highly original and compelling book offers an introduction to the art and science of social inquiry, including the theoretical and methodological frameworks that support that inquiry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• 3 ed
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 332g
• ISBN-13: 9781442600775
• ISBN-10: 1442600772
• Artikelnr.: 41960253

Autorenporträt

Alan Sears is Professor of Sociology at Ryerson University. He is the author of The New Left: A History of the Future (2014) and co-author with James Cairns of The Democratic Imagination: Envisioning Popular Power in the Twenty-First Century (2012).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Thinking Points
Acknowledgements
Preface: Users' Guide for Students and Instructors
1. An Interesting Idea, In Theory
2. Theory Matters
3. But How Do You Know?
4. You Are Here: Mapping Social Relations
5. The Real World: Making Sense of Perceptions
6. Nature and Culture: The Social Construction of Distinctions
7. Making Time: Clocking Social Relations
8. Conclusion: The Politics of Social Theory
Glossary
References
Index