Theory and methods in the social sciences : textbook for first year social scientists

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Theory and methods in the social sciences : textbook for first year social scientists

Stein Ugelvik Larsen (ed.)

Social Science Monographs , Distributed by Columbia University Press, 2002

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Teori og metode i samfunnsfaga

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注記

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This book introduces the central theses and theories which comprise the most fundamental thinking in the social sciences. Although the fifteen topics presented deal with themes from a variety of disciplines, they are analyzed in a consistent pattern, making it easier for students to understand and compare theories.

目次

Introduction, Stein Ugelvik LarsenPart I: Theories on Foundations of the Social Sciences 1. The Weber/Merton Thesis: Protestantism and the Breakthrough of Modern Natural Science, Nils Gilje2. Kuhn's Theory of Scientific Revolutions, Harald Grimen3. The Hermeneutic Circle: On Limits for Interpretation and Conditions for Understanding, David R. Doublet4. The Finitism Thesis: On Social Roots and Limits to Knowledge, Harald Grimen5. The Hysteresis Thesis: Path Dependence in Economic and Social Systems, Gaute Torsvik6. The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, Jan Erik Karlsen7. The Placebo Effect: On Imaginary, Real and Measurable Effects, Ole Jacob Broch8. The Hawthorne Effect or the Human Relations Theory: On Experiment Situation and Influence, Tom ColbjornsenPart II: Theories from Different Social Science Disciplines 9. Adam Smith and 'The Invisible Hand': The Market Mechanism, Jan Erik Askildsen10. Von Th nen's Isolated State: The Law of Area Utilization in Agricultural Production, Peter Sjoholt11. Hart's Inverse Health Care Law: On the Distribution of Health Resources, Thor ivind Jensen12. The Tragedy of the Commons: Collective Resources and Individual Interests, rnulf Gulbrandsen13. Durkheim's Suicide Hypothesis, Knud Knudsen14. The Cross-Pressure Hypothesis: On Influences and Voting, Lars Sv sand15. The "Two-Step-Flow-of-Communication" Hypothesis, Helge stbyePart III: The Theoretical Challenge: Working With Laws and Theories 16. The Theoretical Challenge, Stein Ugelvik Larsen

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA57467342
  • ISBN
    • 088033990X
  • LCCN
    2002101787
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 原本言語コード
    nor
  • 出版地
    Boulder,New York
  • ページ数/冊数
    286 p.
  • 大きさ
    23 cm
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