Explaining Society
Critical Realism in the Social Sciences
1st Edition
Published on 22. November 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-0-415-22183-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book will be immensely valuable for students and researchers in social science, sociology and philosophy in that it connects methodology, theory and empirical research. It provides an innovative picture of what society and social science is, along with the methods used to study and explain social phenomena.
Reviews / Votes
'Final year undergraduates, research students and researchers seeking an alternative to positivism or relativism are likely to find Explaining Society useful, as the authors are active researchers themselves and are alive to the kinds of questions their audience are likely to ask ... the authors write clearly and do not make the common mistake of purporting to write for students and researchers while actually writing over their heads for fellow philosophers.' - Journal of Critical Realism 1:1 Nov 2002More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
8 s/w Tabellen
8 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 159 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-22183-2 (9780415221832)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Berth Danermark | Mats Ekstrom | Liselotte Jakobsen
Explaining Society
Critical Realism in the Social Sciences
Book
11/2001
1st Edition
Routledge
€185.70
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Persons
Berth Danermark is Professor of Sociology in the department of Social Science, and of Caring Sciences, University of OErebro, Sweden. Mats Ekstroem is Professor in Sociology in the Communication and Media Studies department, University of OErebro, Sweden. Liselotte Jakobsen is Senior Researcher at Karlstad University. Jan Ch. Karlsson is Professor of Sociology, in Working Life Science, Karlstad University.
Content
1. Introduction 2. Science, Reality and Concepts 3. Conceptual Abstraction and Causality 4. Generalization, Scientific Inference and Models for Explanatory Social Science 5. Theory in the Methodology of Social Science 6. Critical Methodological Pluralism 7. Social Science and Practice 8. Conclusion