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Foundations of social inquiry : a brief excursion / editor, Jason L. Powell.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Social Perspectives of Aging
- Social perspectives of aging
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences--Research.
- Social sciences.
- Sociology--Research.
- Sociology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (56 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publisher's, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The book provides students with an overview of the main developments in the foundations in sociological research. It will focus upon the methodological and philosophical underpinnings of sociological inquiry. The book will specifically focus on debates pertaining to induction and deduction debate, the problems associated with 'objectivity', the quest to understand how we - as social scientists - can understand the social world and discussions of morality and ethics.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Objectivity and social research
- Induction and sociological research
- Deduction and sociological research
- Critical theory and social inquiry
- Ethics and social research
- Ontology and epistemology in research
- Postmodernism and social inquiry.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [39]-40) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61942-030-9
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