When Marxists do research / Pauline Marie Vaillancourt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenau, Pauline Vaillancourt.

Series:

Contributions in political science 0147-1066 ; no. 150.

Contributions in political science. 0147-1066 ; no. 150

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Research.

Social sciences.

Communism and philosophy.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

xvii, 205 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, [1986]

Summary:

Professor Vaillancourt has written an unique introductory volume designed to assist non-Marxist scholars and students to understand and evaluate Marxist inquiry. In clear, straightforward language, the author identifies and examines the research of four of the most important contemporary Marxist currents--structuralists, philosophics, materialists, and deductivists. Marxist research-relevant assumptions about epistemology, methodology, and science are scrutinized along with how each of the various Marxist groups goes about conducting research in terms of contemporary social science norms. Examples are offered of how the respective groups' epistemology and methodological assumptions influence their choice of a research strategy and its associated research techniques. The value and utility of the results of Marxist inquiry for defending knowledge claims and producing reasoned policy are also explained.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [183]-196.

ISBN:

031324703X

OCLC:

12946289