Pioneers of Sociological Science - Statistical Foundations and the Theory of Action

Goldthorpe reveals the genealogy of present-day sociological science through studies of the key contributions made by seventeen pioneers in the field, ranging from John Graunt and Edmond Halley in the mid-seventeenth century to Otis Dudley Duncan, James Coleman and Raymond Boudon in the late twentieth. Goldthorpe's biographies of these figures and analyses of their work reveal clear lines of intellectual descent, building towards the author's model of sociology as the study of human populations across time and place, previously outlined in his book Sociology as a Population Science (Cambridge, 2015). The extent to which recent developments such as computational sociology and analytical sociology are in continuation with the efforts of these influential thinkers is also critically examined. Pioneers of Sociological Science will appeal to students and scholars of sociology and to anyone engaged in social science research, from statisticians to social historians.

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• Authors: John H Goldthorpe, John H. Goldthorpe, Goldthorpe John H.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9781108927833
• ISBN: 978-1-108-92783-3
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Print on demand
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Sociology, History: theory & methods, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, HISTORY / Study & Teaching, REFERENCE / Research, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Sociology & anthropology, Social research & statistics, Sociology and anthropology, Social research and statistics, Research methods: general, History: theory and methods