The Methodology of Herbert Blumer

by Kenneth Baugh Jr. and Kenneth Baugh Jr

Book Overview

The Methodology of Herbert Blumer is a comprehensive critical account of the contributions of this important American sociologist to the methodology of social research. In a close reading of Blumer's texts, the author charts the development of Blumer's thinking, revealing a tension between an essentially realist ontology and Blumer's emphasis on the relationship of theory to methodology. The author describes Blumer's conception of methodology as a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521030358
• ISBN13: 9780521030359
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"