What exactly u want the social sicience to do? To
present the people as a laws of the phisics?
> >
> > FROM THE BACK COVER OF MAKING SOCIAL SCIENCE
> MATTER
> > MAKING SOCIAL SCIENCE MATTER presents an exciting
> > new approach to the social and behavioral
> sciences.
> > Instead of trying to emulate the natural sciences
> > and create a kind of general theory, Bent
> Flyvbjerg
> > argues that the strength of the social sciences
> lies
> > in their rich, reflexive analysis of values and
> > power--so essential to the social and economic
> > development of society. Moving beyond the purely
> > analytic or technical, Flyvbjerg compares the
> > theoretical study of human activity with
> real-world
> > situations and demonstrates how the social
> sciences
> > can become relevant again in the modern world.
> > Powerfully argued, with clear methodological
> > guidelines and practical examples, MAKING SOCIAL
> > SCIENCE MATTER opens up a new future for the
> social
> > sciences, freed from an inappropriate and
> misleading
> > comparison with the natural sciences. Its
> empowering
> > message will make it required reading for students
> > and academics across the social and behavioral
> > sciences.
> >
> > PIERRE BOURDIEU, COLLEGE DE FRANCE: "This is
> social
> > science that matters."
> >
> > ROBERT N. BELLAH, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT
> > BERKELEY: "This is a book I have been waiting for
> > for a long time. It opens up entirely new
> > perspectives for social science by showing us that
> > abandoning the aspiration to be like natural
> science
> > is the beginning of wisdom about what we can and
> > ought to be doing instead. It is a landmark book
> > that deserves the widest possible reading and
> > discussion."
> >
> > ED SOJA, SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY AND SOCIAL
> > RESEARCH, UCLA: "This brilliant contextualization
> of
> > social inquiry, hinging on both Aristotle and
> > Foucault, gives new meaning to the concept of
> > praxis. It will be of interest to everyone
> concerned
> > with making democracy work."
> >
> > STEVEN LUKES, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY: "Flyvbjerg,
> > author of RATIONALITY AND POWER: DEMOCRACY IN
> > PRACTICE, an innovative, fine-grained and
> > civically-engaged study of local power in Denmark,
> > here reflects, in accessible and pleasurable
> prose,
> > on large, challenging questions: What,
> > fundamentally, makes social science different from
> > natural science? Why is it relatively so poor in
> > producing cumulative and predictive theories? What
> > kinds of knowledge should it seek and with what
> > methods? His answers, drawing on Nietzsche,
> > Foucault, Bourdieu and others, are worth the close
> > attention of those predisposed to reject them out
> of
> > hand."
> >
> > There's more information about the book at
> > www.us.cambridge.org and www.uk.cambridge.org.
> >
> >
>
>
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present the people as a laws of the phisics?
> >
> > FROM THE BACK COVER OF MAKING SOCIAL SCIENCE
> MATTER
> > MAKING SOCIAL SCIENCE MATTER presents an exciting
> > new approach to the social and behavioral
> sciences.
> > Instead of trying to emulate the natural sciences
> > and create a kind of general theory, Bent
> Flyvbjerg
> > argues that the strength of the social sciences
> lies
> > in their rich, reflexive analysis of values and
> > power--so essential to the social and economic
> > development of society. Moving beyond the purely
> > analytic or technical, Flyvbjerg compares the
> > theoretical study of human activity with
> real-world
> > situations and demonstrates how the social
> sciences
> > can become relevant again in the modern world.
> > Powerfully argued, with clear methodological
> > guidelines and practical examples, MAKING SOCIAL
> > SCIENCE MATTER opens up a new future for the
> social
> > sciences, freed from an inappropriate and
> misleading
> > comparison with the natural sciences. Its
> empowering
> > message will make it required reading for students
> > and academics across the social and behavioral
> > sciences.
> >
> > PIERRE BOURDIEU, COLLEGE DE FRANCE: "This is
> social
> > science that matters."
> >
> > ROBERT N. BELLAH, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT
> > BERKELEY: "This is a book I have been waiting for
> > for a long time. It opens up entirely new
> > perspectives for social science by showing us that
> > abandoning the aspiration to be like natural
> science
> > is the beginning of wisdom about what we can and
> > ought to be doing instead. It is a landmark book
> > that deserves the widest possible reading and
> > discussion."
> >
> > ED SOJA, SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY AND SOCIAL
> > RESEARCH, UCLA: "This brilliant contextualization
> of
> > social inquiry, hinging on both Aristotle and
> > Foucault, gives new meaning to the concept of
> > praxis. It will be of interest to everyone
> concerned
> > with making democracy work."
> >
> > STEVEN LUKES, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY: "Flyvbjerg,
> > author of RATIONALITY AND POWER: DEMOCRACY IN
> > PRACTICE, an innovative, fine-grained and
> > civically-engaged study of local power in Denmark,
> > here reflects, in accessible and pleasurable
> prose,
> > on large, challenging questions: What,
> > fundamentally, makes social science different from
> > natural science? Why is it relatively so poor in
> > producing cumulative and predictive theories? What
> > kinds of knowledge should it seek and with what
> > methods? His answers, drawing on Nietzsche,
> > Foucault, Bourdieu and others, are worth the close
> > attention of those predisposed to reject them out
> of
> > hand."
> >
> > There's more information about the book at
> > www.us.cambridge.org and www.uk.cambridge.org.
> >
> >
>
>
> __________________________________________________
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> Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great
> prices
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