James B. Rule

Theory and Progress in Social Science

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This work asks if social inquiry can truly be considered a progressive 'science'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9780521574945
• ISBN-10: 0521574943
• Artikelnr.: 29338824

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Progress: formal and substantive
1. Dilemmas of intellectual progress
2. The reckoning of progress
Introduction to Part II
3. Rational choice
4. From Parsons to Alexander: closure through theoretical generality
5. Network analysis
6. Feminist analysis in social science James Rule and Leslie Irvine
Introduction to Part III
7. Theory as expression
8. Theory for coping
9. Summary and conclusion.