Social science methodology : a criterial framework
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Social science methodology : a criterial framework
Cambridge University Press, 2001
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-292) and index
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Description
This book offers a one-volume introduction to social science methodology, relevant to the disciplines of anthropology, economics, history, political science, psychology, and sociology. It is written for beginning students, long-time practitioners and methodologists, and applies to work conducted in qualitative and quantitative styles. It synthesizes the vast and diverse field of methodology in a way that is clear, concise, and comprehensive. While offering a handy overview of the subject, the book is also an argument about how we should conceptualize methodological problems. Tasks and criteria, the author argues - not fixed rules of procedure - best describe the search for methodological adequacy. Thinking about methodology through this lens provides a new framework for understanding work in the social sciences.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. The problem of unity amidst diversity
- 2. A criterial framework
- Part I. Concepts: 3. Concepts: general criteria
- 4. The process of forming concepts
- Part II. Propositions: 5. Empirical propositions: general criteria
- 6. Description and prediction
- 7. Causation
- Part III. Causal Investigation: 8. Verification
- 9. Case selection
- 10. Methods
- 11. General strategy
- Postscript: justifications
- Bibliography.
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