Making Social Science Matter: Why Social Inquiry Fails and How it Can Succeed Again
Bent Flyvberg
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Description for Making Social Science Matter: Why Social Inquiry Fails and How it Can Succeed Again
Hardback. New approach demonstrating how social science can be successful, focusing on context, values, and power. Translator(s): Sampson, Steven. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
Making Social Science Matter presents an exciting new approach to the social and behavioral sciences including theoretical argument, methodological guidelines, and examples of practical application. Why has social science failed in attempts to emulate natural science and produce normal theory? Bent Flyvbjerg argues that the strength of social sciences lies in its rich, reflexive analysis of values and power, essential to the social and economic development of any society. Richly informed, powerfully argued, and clearly written, this book opens up a new future for the social sciences. Its empowering message will make it required reading for students and academics across ... Read more
Making Social Science Matter presents an exciting new approach to the social and behavioral sciences including theoretical argument, methodological guidelines, and examples of practical application. Why has social science failed in attempts to emulate natural science and produce normal theory? Bent Flyvbjerg argues that the strength of social sciences lies in its rich, reflexive analysis of values and power, essential to the social and economic development of any society. Richly informed, powerfully argued, and clearly written, this book opens up a new future for the social sciences. Its empowering message will make it required reading for students and academics across ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521772686
SKU
V9780521772686
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Reviews for Making Social Science Matter: Why Social Inquiry Fails and How it Can Succeed Again
'This is social science that matters.' Pierre Bourdieu 'This is a book I have been waiting for for a long time. It opens up entirely new perspectives for social science by showing us that abandoning the aspiration to be like natural science is the beginning of wisdom about what we can and ought to be doing instead. It is a ... Read more