A Treatise on Social Theory

Third and concluding volume on social theory, applying distinctive methodology to case of twentieth-century England.

List of contents

1. Introduction: the case of twentieth-century England; 2. The case reported; 3. The case explained; 4. The case described; 5. The case evaluated.

Summary

The concluding volume to W. G. Runciman's magisterial treatise applies his methodological distinction between reportage, explanation, description, and evaluation expounded in Volume I and the theory of social selection expounded in volume II to the particular case of twentieth-century English society.

Product details

• Authors: W. G. Runciman, Walter Garrison Runciman
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.08.2015
• EAN: 9780521588010
• ISBN: 978-0-521-58801-0
• No. of pages: 348
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 565 g
• Series: Treatise on Social Theory
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories