Modernism and the Social Sciences - Anglo-American Exchanges, C.19181980

Informationen zum Autor Mark Bevir is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for British Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of various books, including A Theory of Governance (2013), Governance: A Very Short Introduction (2012), The Making of British Socialism (2011), Democratic Governance (2010) and The Logic of the History of Ideas (1999). Klappentext This study explores the rise and nature of modernist approaches to economics, sociology, international relations, administration, language, history and anthropology. Zusammenfassung This wide-ranging and original study reveals how prevalent modernism has become in the study of the social sciences. It explores the rise and nature of modernism tropes and approaches within social sciences such as economics! econometrics! behaviourism! sociology! international relations! administrative science! linguistics! history and anthropology. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Modernism and the social sciences Mark Bevir; 2. Economics Roger E. Backhouse; 3. Econometrics Thomas A. Stapleford; 4. Behaviourism Cathy Gere; 5. Sociology Perrin Selcer; 6. International relations Mark Bevir and Ian Hall; 7. Administrative science Hunter Heyck; 8. Linguistics John E. Joseph; 9. History Michael Saler; 10. Anthropology David Mills.

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• Authors: Mark Bevir, Mark (University of California Bevir
• Assisted by: Mark Bevir (Editor), Mark (University of California Bevir (Editor), Bevir Mark (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781107173965
• ISBN: 978-1-107-17396-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, History of Ideas, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social & cultural history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Modernism, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA