Causality and Causal Modelling in the Social Sciences: Measuring Variations

by Federica Russo

Book Overview

Preface.- Introduction.- 1: Scope of the book and methodology.- 2: Structure of the book.- 3: Philosophical issue in the back of the mind.- 4: Philosophy at the service of social research.- 5: Open problems: causal realism, objectivity, and social ontology.- 1: What do social scientists do?.- Introduction.- 1.1: Different causal claims?.- 1.2: Smoking and lung cancer.- 1.3: Mother's education and child survival.- 1.4: Health and wealth.- 1.5: Farmer's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048179963
• ISBN13: 9789048179961
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"