Measure for Measures - A Manifesto for Empirical Sociology

Informationen zum Autor Ray Pawson is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Leeds. Klappentext This challenging and pioneering work aims to provide a measure (a set of standards) for measures (empirical data) in sociological research. This book goes beyond meta-theory, providing detailed examples to show how the 'new realism' can provide a viable empirical method. Zusammenfassung This book should be of interest to students of social theory, applied soci ology, sociology of knowledge. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements, 1. Substantiating sociology, PART ONE: DESPERATE MEASURES, 2. Against variable analysis: thirty years on, 3. Against scaling: meaning and measurement, PART TWO: A MEASURE OF REALISM, 4. Theory and observation: squaring the circularity problem, 5. On being 'empirical' without being 'empiricist', PART THREE: PRACTICAL MEASURES, 6. From variables to mechanisms (and back again), 7. Closure: actualism versus realism, 8. Explanatory networks: the conceptual domain of class, 9. Choosing class concepts: from indicator selection to theory adjudication, 10. Constructing class data: imposition and control in the interview, 11. The new rules of sociological measurement, Bibliography, Index

Product details

• Authors: R Pawson, R. Pawson, Ray Pawson, Pawson R.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1989
• EAN: 9780415026598
• ISBN: 978-0-415-02659-8
• No. of pages: 348
• Series: International Library of Socio
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science