After Method: Mess in Social Science Research

ISBN-13: 9780415341745 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 200 str.

John Law

Opis

This book is a startling, controversial and original manifesto for a complete review of research methods and methodology in the social sciences and a must read for anyone involved in this area.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Scientific Practices  3. Multiple Worlds   4. Fluid Results  5. Elusive Objects  6. Non-Conventional Forms  7. Ontological Politics  8. Answers and Questions Glossary  References

O autorze

John Law is Professor of Sociology and STS (Science and Technology Studies) at Lancaster University. He has written widely on the sociology of science and technology, organisation, health-care, disasters, and social theory and methods, where his continuing concern has been with the materiality and spatiality of complexity.