| Theory and Progress in Social Science Contributor(s): Rule, James B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521573653 ISBN-13: 9780521573658 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Reference - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 300 |
| LCCN: 96028260 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.25 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This work attacks questions that have long troubled social scientists--questions of the cumulative nature of social inquiry. Does the knowledge generated by the study of social, political, and economic life grow more comprehensive over time? Do today's social scientists in any meaningful sense know more than their intellectual ancestors about such perennial concerns as the origins of war and peace, or the causes of economic growth, or the forces shaping social stratification, or origins of civil upheaval? These questions go to the heart of social scientists' soul-searching as to whether they are indeed engaged in science. |