Isbn: 9780822954750 - how does social science work?: reflections on practice (pitt series in policy and institutional studies) (12 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. Studies social scientists at work in many disciplines. This book describes how they investigate and the kinds of truth they produce, illuminating the weaknesses and dangers inherent in their research. Series: Pitt Series in Policy & Institutional Studies. Num Pages: 430 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594. . 1992. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Zustand: New. Paul Diesing takes an innovative, sometimes iconoclastic look at social scientists at work in many disciplines.&Uumlber den AutorPaul Diesing is professor of Political Science at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The culmination of a lifetime spent in a variety of fields - sociology, anthropology, economics, psychology, and philosophy of science - -How Does Social Science Work takes an innovative, sometimes iconoclastic look at social scientists at work in many disciplines. It describes how they investigate and the kinds of truth they produce, illuminating the weaknesses and dangers inherent in their research.At once an analysis, a critique, and a synthesis, this major study begins by surveying philosophical approaches to hermeneutics, to examine the question of how social science ought to work. It illustrates many of its arguments with untraditional examples, such as the reception of the work of the political biographer Robert Caro to show the hermeneutical problems of ethnographers. The major part of the book surveys sociological, political, and psychological studies of social science to get a rounded picture of how social science works, Paul Diesling warns that u201csocial science exists between two opposite kinds of degeneration, a value-free professionalism that lives only for publications that show off the latest techniques, and a deep social concern that uses science for propaganda.u201d He argues for greater self-awareness and humility among social scientists, although he notes that u201csome social scientists . . . will angrily reject the thought that their personality affects their research in any way.u201dThis profound and sometimes witty book will appeal to students and practitioners in the social sciences who are ready to take a fresh look at their field. An extensive bibliography provides a wealth of references across an array of social science disciplines.…