Social Science in Question: Towards a Postdisciplinary Framework

by Mark J. Smith

Book Overview

How do social scientists study the social world? Is social scientific practice in transformation? Can social science learn from its own past?

This major text takes the reader on an intellectual journey starting with the story of modern science and the impact that this has had on social scientific practice, and going on to outline and critically review the major approaches to social scientific

inquiry, ranging from positivism to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761960414
• ISBN13: 9780761960416
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.6" x 9.6"