ummm, according to the message you reply to, the back of the book
states: "MAKING SOCIAL SCIENCE MATTER opens up a new future for the
social sciences, freed from an inappropriate and misleading comparison
with the natural sciences." This probably answers your question.
Jivko Georgiev wrote:
> 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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states: "MAKING SOCIAL SCIENCE MATTER opens up a new future for the
social sciences, freed from an inappropriate and misleading comparison
with the natural sciences." This probably answers your question.
Jivko Georgiev wrote:
> 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.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > __________________________________________________
> > Do You Yahoo!?
> > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great
> > prices
> > http://auctions.yahoo.com/
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices
> http://auctions.yahoo.com/