Methodology in Social Research
Dilemmas and Perspectives Essays in Honour of Ramkrishna Mukherjee
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264 pages
978-0-7619-9446-6 (ISBN)
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`[Methodology in Social Research] is a helpful companion to the beginner student of philosophy of science' - The Journal of The Royal Anthropological Institute
Methodology in Social Research is a lucid introduction to methodology in social research. It enables social science researchers trained in a particular field to look beyond and relate to other methodological domains.
Methodology in Social Research is a lucid introduction to methodology in social research. It enables social science researchers trained in a particular field to look beyond and relate to other methodological domains.
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`[Methodology in Social Research] is a helpful companion to the beginner student of philosophy of science' - The Journal of The Royal Anthropological InstituteMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-9446-6 (9780761994466)
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Content
Foreword - M S Gore
Introduction - Partha Nath Mukherji
Methodology in Social Research - Dilemmas and Perspectives
PART ONE: METHODOLOGY: ORIENTATIONS
For Science, Against Scientism - Immanuel Wallerstein
The Dilemmas of Contemporary Knowledge Production
Manufacturing Meaning in the Social Sciences - Joseph R Gusfield
Resuming the Methodological Discourse - Rajni Kothari
Changing the Role of Human Knowledge in Our Time
On Reality - Satish Saberwal
Its Perception and Construction
Changing Modes of Conceptualizing the World - T K Oommen
Implications for Social Research
PART TWO: METHODOLOGY: APPLICATIONS
Man Is the World of Man - Claude Meillassoux
My Encounter with the Scientific Method - Victor S D'Souza
Mariyamma and the Logic of Realist Explanation in Sociology - Goran Djurfeldt
The Problematic of Constructing Social Reality - M Bharathi
Some Methodological Issues
PART THREE: ON METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL RESEARCH
Conversations with Ramkrishna Mukherjee - Partha Nath Mukherji and Chandan Sengupta
Introduction - Partha Nath Mukherji
Methodology in Social Research - Dilemmas and Perspectives
PART ONE: METHODOLOGY: ORIENTATIONS
For Science, Against Scientism - Immanuel Wallerstein
The Dilemmas of Contemporary Knowledge Production
Manufacturing Meaning in the Social Sciences - Joseph R Gusfield
Resuming the Methodological Discourse - Rajni Kothari
Changing the Role of Human Knowledge in Our Time
On Reality - Satish Saberwal
Its Perception and Construction
Changing Modes of Conceptualizing the World - T K Oommen
Implications for Social Research
PART TWO: METHODOLOGY: APPLICATIONS
Man Is the World of Man - Claude Meillassoux
My Encounter with the Scientific Method - Victor S D'Souza
Mariyamma and the Logic of Realist Explanation in Sociology - Goran Djurfeldt
The Problematic of Constructing Social Reality - M Bharathi
Some Methodological Issues
PART THREE: ON METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL RESEARCH
Conversations with Ramkrishna Mukherjee - Partha Nath Mukherji and Chandan Sengupta