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Social Science in Question: Towards a Postdisciplinary Framework (Published in association with The Open University) - Hardcover

Smith, Mark J

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9780761960409: Social Science in Question: Towards a Postdisciplinary Framework (Published in association with The Open University)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0761960406 ISBN 13: 9780761960409
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

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 postmodernism. Throughout, readers are encouraged to think carefully about what it means to: study the social world in a scientific way; make connections between what they do and the everyday lives of the people they study; and look beyond their discipline and think in a postdisciplinary way.

Social Science in Question is the Course Text for The Open University′s Postgraduate Foundation Module (D820 The Challenge of the Social Sciences).

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About the Author

Mark J Smith is a Lecturer in Social Sciences at the Open University.

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Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0761960406
ISBN 13 
9780761960409
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
352
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