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1 online resource (272 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface / Richard Swedberg; Contributors; 1. From Theory to Theorizing / Richard Swedberg; 2. Intuitionist Theorizing / Karin Knorr Cetina; 3. Analogy, Cases, and Comparative Social Organization / Diane Vaughan; 4. The Unsettlement of Communities of Inquiry / Isaac Ariail Reed and Mayer N. Zald; 5. Three Frank Questions to Discipline Your Theorizing / Daniel B. Klein; 6. Mundane Theorizing, Bricolage, and Bildung / Stephen Turner; 7. The Counterfactual Imagination / Roland Paulsen; 8. The Work of Theorizing / Karl E. Weick; 9. Susan Sontag and Heteroscedasticity / James G. March. |
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Afterword / Neil GrossNotes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
All social scientists learn the celebrated theories and frameworks of their predecessors, using them to inform their own research and observations. But before there can be theory, there must be theorizing. Theorizing in Social Science introduces the reader to the next generation of theory construction and suggests useful ways for creating social theory. What makes certain types of theories creative, and how does one go about theorizing in a creative way? The contributors to this landmark collection-top social scientists in the fields of sociology, economics, and management-d. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social sciences -- Philosophy.
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Social sciences -- Philosophy. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Swedberg, Richard, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Swedberg, Richard. Theorizing in Social Science. Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2014 9780804791199 |
| ISBN |
9780804791199 (electronic book) |
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0804791198 (electronic book) |
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9780804789417 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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080478941X (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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9780804791090 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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0804791090 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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