| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Studies in Critical Social Sciences Ser. ; v.91
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Studies in Critical Social Sciences Ser.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Intro -- Theory in Action: Theoretical Constructionism -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Figures -- About the Authors -- 1: Theory and Theoretical Operations -- 2: On the Heuristic Role of Concepts in Theorizing -- 3: Sociology and the Power of (Ordinary) Language -- 4: Weber's Ideal Types: A Sociological Operation between Theory and Method -- 5: Class Operations and Measures -- 6: Question-Driven Sociology and Methodological Contextualism -- 7: If Not, Why Not and What If: Asking Counterfactual Questions -- 8: Abduction -- Assessing Fruitfulness and the Construction of Scientific Concepts -- 9: Theorizing through Comparative Case Studies -- 10: Explanatory Practices in Sociology: An Overview -- 11: A Thick Description of Robert K. Merton's Middle Range Theory -- Manifest Properties and Latent Ambivalence -- Index. |
| 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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Social sciences -- Methodology.
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Social sciences -- Methodology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Sohlberg, Peter, editor.
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Leiulfsrud, Hȧkon, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Theory in action Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016] 9789004314177 (DLC) 2016032794 |
| ISBN |
9789004314184 (electronic book) |
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9004314180 (electronic book) |
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9789004314177 (hardback :acid-free paper) |
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9004314172 (hardback :acid-free paper) |
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