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Making Social Science Matter :

Flyvbjerg Bent

Making Social Science Matter : Why Social Inquiry Fails and How it can Succeed Again - Rep - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2019

Table of contents
1. The science wars: a way out; Part I. Why Social Science has Failed as Science: 2. Rationality, body, and intuition in human learning; 3. Is theory possible in social science?; 4. Context counts; Part II. How Social Science Can Matter Again: 5. Values in social and political inquiry; 6. The power of example; 7. The significance of conflict and power to social science; 8. Empowering Aristotle; 9. Methodological guidelines for a reformed social science; 10. Examples and illustrations: narratives of value and power; 11. Social science that matters; Notes; Index.

9780521775687

--Social Sciences - Philosophy - Methodology

300.1 FLY