The Social Sciences
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The Social Science Encyclopedia
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Author : Adam Kuper
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2005-01
The Social Science Encyclopedia written by Adam Kuper and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01 with Social Science categories.
The Social Science Encyclopedia, first published in 1985 to acclaim from social scientists, librarians and students, was thoroughly revised in 1996, when reviewers began to describe it as a classic. This third edition has been radically recast. Over half the entries are new or have been entirely rewritten, and most of the balance have been substantially revised. Written by an international team of contributors, the Encyclopedia offers a global perspective on key issues within the social sciences. Some 500 entries cover a variety of enduring and newly vital areas of study and research methods. Experts review theoretical debates from neo-evolutionism and rational choice theory to poststructuralism, and address the great questions that cut across the social sciences. What is the influence of genes on behaviour? What is the nature of consciousness and cognition? What are the causes of poverty and wealth? What are the roots of conflict, wars, revolutions and genocidal violence? This authoritative reference work is aimed at anyone with a serious interest in contemporary academic thinking about the individual in society.
The Public Value Of The Social Sciences
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Author : John D. Brewer
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2013-03-28
The Public Value Of The Social Sciences written by John D. Brewer and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-28 with Social Science categories.
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. What is the purpose of social science? How can social science make itself relevant to the intractable problems facing humanity in the twenty-first century? The social sciences are under threat from two main sources. One is external, reflected in a global university crisis that imposes the marketization of higher education on the ancient practice of scholarship. The other, internal threat is social science's withdrawal from publicly–engaged teaching and research into the protective bunker of disciplinarity. In articulating a vision for the public role of social science in the twenty-first century, John Brewer argues that these threats also constitute an opportunity for a new public social science to emerge, confident in its public value and fully engaged with the future of humanity in its teaching, research and civic responsibilities, while also remaining committed to science. The argument is presented in the form of an interpretive essay: thought-provoking, forward-looking, and challenging to intellectual orthodoxy. It should be read and debated by all researchers and teachers in the social science disciplines who are concerned by the future of higher education and the relevance of their subjects to the future of humankind.
Society And The Social Sciences
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Society And The Social Sciences written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Sociology categories.
Dictionary Of The Social Sciences
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Author : Craig Calhoun
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2002-05-02
Dictionary Of The Social Sciences written by Craig Calhoun and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-05-02 with Social Science categories.
Featuring over 1,800 concise definitions of key terms, the Dictionary of the Social Sciences is the most comprehensive, authoritative single-volume work of its kind. With coverage on the vocabularies of anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, human geography, cultural studies, and Marxism, the Dictionary is an integrated, easy-to-use, A-to-Z reference tool. Designed for students and non-specialists, it examines classic and contemporary scholarship including basic terms, concepts, theories, schools of thought, methodologies, issues, and controversies. As a true dictionary, it also contains concise, jargon-free definitions that explain the rich, sometimes complex language of these increasingly visible fields.
Social Sciences
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Author : Abhijit Kundu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Social Sciences written by Abhijit Kundu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Electronic books categories.
The Social Sciences: Methodology and Perspectives provides an overview of the social sciences and their methodology. This book is lucidly written and up to date and it will be a valuable resource for all who want an initiation into the core themes, perspectives, and the methods of the social sciences.
Social Science
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Author : Delanty, Gerard
language : en
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Release Date : 2005-06-01
Social Science written by Delanty, Gerard and has been published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-01 with Social Science categories.
What is social science? Does social scientific knowledge differ from other kinds of knowledge, such as the natural sciences and common sense? What is the relation between method and knowledge? This concise and accessible book provides a critical discussion and comprehensive overview of the major philosophical debates on the methodological foundations of the social sciences. From its origins in the sixteenth century when a new system of knowledge was created around the idea of modernity, the author shows how the philosophy of social science developed as a reflection on some of the central questions in modernity. Visions of modernity have been reflected in the self-understanding of the social sciences. From the positivist dispute on explanation vs. understanding to controversies about standpoint to debates about constructivism and realism, Delanty outlines the major shifts in the philosophy of social science. He argues that social science is an intellectual framework for the transformation of the social world. The new edition is updated and expanded throughout with the latest developments in the field, including a new chapter on feminist standpoint epistemology, and additional material on neo-positivism, pragmatism, and reflexivity. This is one of the most ambitious and wide-ranging texts in recent years on debates on method and the contemporary situation of social science. It is of interest to undergraduate students and postgraduates as well as to professional researchers with an interest in the philosophy of the social sciences and social theory.
Tourism Studies And The Social Sciences
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Author : Andrew Holden
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-06
Tourism Studies And The Social Sciences written by Andrew Holden and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06 with Business & Economics categories.
Tourism Studies and the Social Sciences aims to provide students with a wider understanding of and grounding in the theories of the social sciences that tourism studies have been built upon.
Introduction To The Social Sciences Rle Social Theory
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Author : Maurice Duverger
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-09-10
Introduction To The Social Sciences Rle Social Theory written by Maurice Duverger and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-10 with Social Science categories.
Professor Duverger at last provides the student with an overall view of the methodology of the social sciences. He briefly traces the origin of the notion of a social science, showing how it emerged from social philosophy. Its essential elements and pre-conditions are described; the splintering of social science into specialist disciplines is explained, and the need for a general sociology confirmed. The techniques of observation used by social scientists are dealt with in some detail and the unity of the social sciences is illustrated by examples of the universal application of these techniques. Documentary evidence in its various forms are described along with the basic analytical techniques, including quantitative methods and content analysis. Other methods of gathering information through polls, interviews, attitude scales and participant observation are all described. Professor Duverger brings together the different kinds of analysis used to assess the information thus gathered. Arguing that observing and theorizing are not two different stages or levels of research, he examines the practical value and difficulties of general sociological theories, partial theories and models and working hypotheses. He both describes and assesses the limitations of experiment and the scope of comparative methods in the social sciences. He then gives elementary instructions for using and assessing the value of mathematical techniques. The possibilities of presenting social phenomena through graphs and charts are also explored. There are useful book lists and diagrams.
The Social Sciences Since The Second World War
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Author : Daniel Bell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 1982
The Social Sciences Since The Second World War written by Daniel Bell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Social Science categories.
Organizing his work thematically to explore important ideas and trends that have influenced the social sciences since World War II, Daniel Bell charts the rise and fall of major developments in the field and presents a comprehensive survey of the progress of the social sciences over this thirty-five year period. Bell discusses such major advances as the emergence of sotiobiology as an effort to unify social behavior through genetically-based parameters, structuralism, the multiplicity of new paradigms in macroeconomics, and schools of neo-Marxism. Parts I and II of The Social Sciences Since the Second World War originally appeared as yearly installments in the Encyclopaedia Britannica's Great Ideas Today series and are combined for the first time in book form. Dr. Bell has added an introductory essay that reviews the time frame and details his rationale for focusing on specific disciplines. His emphasis throughout is on those synoptic efforts geared at providing a systematic body of theory that set forth some coherent statement about human behavior or social structure. The book concludes with a discussion of the viability of formulating a unified viewof knowledge through the unity of science.
A Guide To The Social Sciences
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Author : Norman MacKenzie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
A Guide To The Social Sciences written by Norman MacKenzie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with Social sciences categories.
Textbook on various fields of social sciences - covers history, social anthropology, sociology, economics, government, social psychology, social theory, political ideology, literature and society. Research methods used.