Constructing Social Theories

by Arthur L. Stinchcombe

Book Overview

Constructing Social Theories presents to the reader a range of strategies for constructing theories, and in a clear, rigorous, and imaginative manner, illustrates how they can be applied. Arthur L. Stinchcombe argues that theories should not be invented in the abstract--or applied a priori to a problem--but should be dictated by the nature of the data to be explained. This work was awarded the Sorokin prize by the American Sociological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226774848
• ISBN13: 9780226774848
• Release Date: July 1987
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Excellent

Great book, absolute clear and straight to the point in the review of methods and main theoretical aproaches in Social Sciences.