After method : mess in social science research / John Law.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Law, John, 1946-

Series:

International library of sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Research--Methodology.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

viii, 188 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

Summary:

challenge. Nothing less will do. This book is essential reading for students, postgraduates and researchers with an interest methodology.

Contents:

After method: an introduction; Interlude: notes on empiricism and autonomy

Scientific practices; Interlude: notes on paradigms

Multiple worlds; Interlude: notes on interferences and cyborgs

Fluid results; Interlude: notes on presence and absence

Elusive objects; Interlude: notes on symmetry

Non-conventional forms; Interlude: notes on purity and hybridity

Imagination and narrative; Interlude: hinterland and reality

Conclusion: ontological politics and after.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [174]-182) and index.

ISBN:

0415341744

0415341752

OCLC:

54111220