Knowledge and Values in Social and Educational Research

442pp. Stated: "Published 1982"; NAP. Notes at ends of essays. Glossy red and gray wraps with front cover white title box for title lettering in black; Editor names in black over gray across top front cover, beneath band of red across front cover. Flaws are these: 2 1/2" diagonal crease at top left rear cover (long-time flat; NOT floppy); 1 1/8" crease at rear cover bottom left corner, connected with slight waviness of pp. 442 forward to p. 411, with diminishing waviness, evidently due to book's bottom edge and bottom fore-edge being damp (not WET) at one time, with similar mild waviness across 2/3 of bottom pages (NO impact on text itself) bottom fore-edge; NO sign of staining on text pages [very slightest of jagged line across 2/3 of lower fore-edge at 1" up from bottom] and "waviness" is relatively minor. Contributions: [Editors]: "Introduction: Competing Modes of Social and Educational Research", pp. 3-11; PART ONE: [Editors]: "The Positivistic Approach to Social and Educational Research", pp. 13-27; [Ch. 1] MICHAEL MARTIN, "Explanation", pp. 28-42; [Ch. 2] B.F. SKINNER, "A Science of Behavior", pp. 43-52; GEORGE C. HOMANS. "The Relevance of Psychology to the Explanation of Social Phenomena", pp.53-69; Joseph Berger, Morris Zelditch, and Bo Anderson, "Historical and Generalizing Approaches to Sociology", pp. 70-84; Ernest Q. Campbell and James S. Coleman, "Inequalities in Educational Opportunities in the United States", pp. 85-98; Murray Webster and Barbara Sobieszek, "Self-Evaluation and Performance Expectations", pp. 99-113; PART TWO: Eric Bredo and Walter Feinberg, "The Interpretive Approach to Social and Educational Research", pp. 115-128; NELSON GOODMAN, "The Way the World Is", pp. 129-136; PETER WINCH, "The Idea of a Social Science", pp. 137-152; CHARLES TAYLOR, "Interpretation and Sciences of Man", pp. 153-186; David M. Rafky, "Phenomenology and Socialization: Some Comments on the Assumptions Underlying Socialization Theory", pp. 187-204; GREGORY BATESON, "A Theory of Play and Fantasy", pp. 205-218; Nell Keddie, "Classroom Knowledge", pp. 219-251; R.P. McDermott, "Social Relations as Contexts for Learning in School, pp. 252-270; PART THREE: Eric Bredo and Walter Feinberg, "The Critical Approach to Social and Educational Research", pp. 271-291; ALASDAIR MACINTYRE, "The Idea of a Social Science", pp. 292-310; JURGEN HABERMAS, "On Systematically Distorted Communication", pp. 311-323; ALVIN GOULDNER, "Sociology: Contradictions and Infrastructure", pp. 325-354; JON HELLESNES, "Education and the Concept of Critique", pp. 355-369; DONALD E. COMSTOCK, "A Method for Critical Research", pp. 370-390; PIERRE BOURDIEU (trans. by J.C. Whitehouse), "The School as a Conservative Force: Scholastic and Cultural Inequalities", pp. 391-407; PAUL WILLIS, "The Class Significance of School Counter-Culture", pp. 408-421; [Editors], " Conclusion: Action, Interaction, Self-Reflection", pp. 423-442. ABOVE 1 1/4" from lower edge of affected pages (pp.139-442), book is essentially Fine: covers and text block are NOT wavy, despite waviness to some individual pages. Tight binding (NO cracks); essentially square corners; NO remainder marks; NO previous owner names. Clean text. Solid copy of many Classic Essays by historically prominent Philosophers and Social Scientists.