A Good Book, in Theory
Making Sense Through Inquiry, Third Edition
3rd Edition
Published on 19. March 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-4426-0077-5 (ISBN)
Description
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. The new edition offers coverage of post-modernism and Indigenous ways of knowing, as well as a discussion of the research process and how to communicate arguments effectively. The result is a book that blends the best of earlier editions with updates that provide a strong foundation in critical thinking, rooted in the social sciences but relevant across disciplines.
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Edition
Third Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
325 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4426-0077-5 (9781442600775)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
04/2010
2nd Edition
University of Toronto Press
€38.56
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Persons
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).
James Cairns is Associate Professor, Social and Environmental Justice, at Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford. He is the author (with Alan Sears) of A Good Book, In Theory: Making Sense Through Inquiry (2015) and The Democratic Imagination: Envisioning Popular Power in the Twenty-First Century (2012).
James Cairns is Associate Professor, Social and Environmental Justice, at Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford. He is the author (with Alan Sears) of A Good Book, In Theory: Making Sense Through Inquiry (2015) and The Democratic Imagination: Envisioning Popular Power in the Twenty-First Century (2012).
Content
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
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