{"product_id":"theory-and-progress-in-social-science-paperback-9780521574945","title":"Theory and Progress in Social Science (Paperback) 9780521574945","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTheory and Progress in Social Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis work asks if social inquiry can truly be considered a progressive 'science'.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames B. Rule (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521574945, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 April 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages, 1 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.3 x 1.8 cm, 0.445 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Rule has an answer that is well worth pondering.\"    Anthony Oberschall, Social Forces\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis work, sequel to the author's Theories of Civil Violence, attacks questions that have long troubled social science and social scientists - questions of the cumulative nature of social inquiry. Does the knowledge generated by the study of social, political, and economic life grow more comprehensive over time? These questions go to the heart of social scientists' soul-searching as to whether they are indeed engaged in 'science'. The author pursues these questions through in-depth examination of various theoretical programs currently influential in social science, including feminist social science, rational choice theory, network analysis and others.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: Progress: formal and substantive\u003cbr\u003e 1. Dilemmas of intellectual progress\u003cbr\u003e 2. The reckoning of progress\u003cbr\u003e Introduction to Part II\u003cbr\u003e 3. Rational choice\u003cbr\u003e 4. From Parsons to Alexander: closure through theoretical generality\u003cbr\u003e 5. Network analysis\u003cbr\u003e 6. Feminist analysis in social science James Rule and Leslie Irvine\u003cbr\u003e Introduction to Part III\u003cbr\u003e 7. Theory as expression\u003cbr\u003e 8. Theory for coping\u003cbr\u003e 9. Summary and conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20theory%20%5BJHBA%5D%22\"\u003eJHBA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46066005213464,"sku":"9780521574945","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521574945i.jpg?v=1691408741","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/theory-and-progress-in-social-science-paperback-9780521574945","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}