The Political Sciences Routledge Library Editions: Political Science vol 46 : General Principles of Selection in Social Science and History

ISBN-13: 9780415652575 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 480 str.

Hugh Stretton

Opis

Social science is a social activity as well as a method of discovery. The researchers' values and politics colour their work and so do their choices of scientific method. This book is about both - the technical effects of values and the political effects of technique.

Spis treści

Part 1: Use  1. Why Men Act  2.  For example: Why did Chamberlain change his Mind?  3. Why Histories Happen  4. For example:What caused Imperialism?  5. A Model of Moralizing Science  Part 2: Truth  6. Scientific Selection of Causes  7. Scientific Knowledge of Causes  8. Understanding  9. The Imagination of Effects  Part 3: Truth in Use  10. Social Cohesion, Conflict and Change  11.Political Economy  12. Values in Practice and Theory  13. A Summary of Themes  14. A Political Science of Society

O autorze

Hugh Stretton