Crippling Epistemologies and Governance Failures: A Plea for Experimentalism
ISBN: 9780776607030 / Angielski / Miękka / 279 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Crippling Epistemologies and Governance Failures, Gilles Paquet criticizes the prevailing practices of the social sciences on the basis of their inadequate concepts of knowledge, evidence and inquiry, concepts he claims have become methodological "mental prisons." Paquet describes the prevailing policy development process in Canada in terms of its weak information infrastructure, poor accountability, and inflexible organization design. In contrast, he suggests that social science and public policy should promote forms of "serious play" that would allow organizations to experiment...
In Crippling Epistemologies and Governance Failures, Gilles Paquet criticizes the prevailing practices of the social sciences on the basis of t...
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98,23 zł |
God in Early Christian Thought: Essays in Memory of Lloyd G. Patterson
ISBN: 9789004174122 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These essays use particular issues, thinkers and texts to engage the question of God in early Christianity. They include studies of doctrine, and of understandings drawn from liturgy, art, and asceticism, and regarding the social order and nature.
These essays use particular issues, thinkers and texts to engage the question of God in early Christianity. They include studies of doctrine, and of u...
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753,15 zł |
Measurement in the Social Sciences: The Link Between Theory and Data
ISBN: 9780521299411 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This textbook is designed to bridge the gap between the theorist and the methodologist by presenting an integrated approach to measurement. By differentiating between random and systematic error, it conveys both statistical techniques and their theoretical underpinnings essential to students of sociology and political science. Rather than developing new technical methods of new theoretical structures, Professors Zeller and Carmines provide thorough explanations of the assumptions, limitations and interpretations of previously established techniques and theories. Written at a level accessible...
This textbook is designed to bridge the gap between the theorist and the methodologist by presenting an integrated approach to measurement. By differe...
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134,12 zł |
The Decision Making Processes of Semi-commercial Farmers
ISBN: 9783639125306 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To date little information is available for
describing the actual process of farmers reasoning processes in creating simple rules in their decision making. It is critical as farmers often use the rules as a means to deal with complex situations, particularly when subsistence is an issue. Farmers reasoning processes are also unlikely to be straightforward thus requiring approaches capable of capturing the intricacies of farmers thought patterns and paths. This book, therefore, offers an analysis using the Theory of Planned Behavior, Personal Construct Theory and Ethnographic Decision Tree... To date little information is available for
describing the actual process of farmers reasoning processes in creating simple rules in their dec... |
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355,86 zł |
Performing Action: Artistry in Human Behavior and Social Research
ISBN: 9780765800169 / Angielski / Twarda / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years the social sciences and the humanities have drawn closer to each other in thought and method. This rapprochement has led to new perceptions of human behavior by sociologists, as well as new methodological orientations. Sociologist Joseph R. Gusfield draws upon drama and fiction to show how human action is shaped by the formal dimensions of performance. Gusfield first defines the concept of behavior as artistic performance. He then analyzes routine and classic social research reports as literary performances in qualitative and quantitative terms. Next he moves to... In recent years the social sciences and the humanities have drawn closer to each other in thought and method. This rapprochement has led to new per... |
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181,49 zł |
The Nature of Social Laws: Machiavelli to Mill
ISBN: 9780521338295 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is a study of the development of the idea that human social behaviour is governed by laws comparable to the laws of natural science.
This volume is a study of the development of the idea that human social behaviour is governed by laws comparable to the laws of natural science.
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216,69 zł |
Mobile Methodologies
ISBN: 9780230594425 / Angielski / Twarda / 193 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How do we research and represent mobile experiences? This book, the first to examine mobile methods, explores the movement of bodies through space, examining perceived limitations and considering methodological responses, technologies and strategies designed to inform our understanding of people's experience of movement through space.
How do we research and represent mobile experiences? This book, the first to examine mobile methods, explores the movement of bodies through space, ex...
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325,42 zł |
Beyond Communication. a Critical Study of Axel Honneth's Social Philosophy
ISBN: 9789004175778 / Angielski / Twarda / 510 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Few thinkers have made such significant contribution to social and political thinking over the last three decades as Axel Honneth. His theory of recognition has rejuvenated the political vocabulary and allowed Critical Theory to move beyond Habermas. Beyond Communication is the first full-scale study of Honneth's work, covering the whole range of his writings, from his first sociological articles to the latest publications. By relocating the theory of recognition within the tradition of European social theory, the book exposes the full depth and breadth of Honneth's philosophical...
Few thinkers have made such significant contribution to social and political thinking over the last three decades as Axel Honneth. His theory of recog...
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958,56 zł |
Mixed Method Design: Principles and Procedures
ISBN: 9781598742985 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The use of mixed methods designs for conducting research has become a major trend in social science research. Renowned methodological experts Janice Morse and Linda Niehaus present a guide to intermediate and experienced researchers on the possibilities inherent in mixed method research. They offer the basic principles of conducting this kind of study, then examine a wide variety of design options available to the researcher, including their strengths and weaknesses and when to use them. Providing examples from a variety of disciplines, examining potential threats to validity, and showing the...
The use of mixed methods designs for conducting research has become a major trend in social science research. Renowned methodological experts Janice M...
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186,68 zł |
Testing Latent Variable Interaction Effect
ISBN: 9783639173666 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book discusses the effects of data nonnormality, model misspecification, sample size, and effect size on testing latent variable interactions through an inspection of the Joreskog and Yang's (1996) model. Mattson's (1997) method was used to generate nonnormal latent variables in this Monte Carlo study. One covariance parameter was deleted for investigating the influence of misspecified models. The simulation involved a balanced experimental design, with 3 2 3 3 = 54 combinations. Data analysis focused on bias of estimating parameters, standard errors, model fit indexes. Variance partition...
The book discusses the effects of data nonnormality, model misspecification, sample size, and effect size on testing latent variable interactions thro...
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265,77 zł |
Modernity and Postmodernity: Knowledge, Power and the Self
ISBN: 9780761959038 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A survey of modern social theory, from Kant to Weber.
A survey of modern social theory, from Kant to Weber.
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Undisciplined Theory
ISBN: 9780803975903 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Argues that the vital questions in social theory are interdisciplinary. The work contains rigorous analyses of the writings of Baudrillard, Deleuze, Guattari, McLuhan, Freud and St Augustine, showing the way to credible forms of undisciplined theory.
Argues that the vital questions in social theory are interdisciplinary. The work contains rigorous analyses of the writings of Baudrillard, Deleuze, G...
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1058,15 zł |
Undisciplined Theory
ISBN: 9780803975910 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Argues that the vital questions in social theory are interdisciplinary. The work contains rigorous analyses of the writings of Baudrillard, Deleuze, Guattari, McLuhan, Freud and St Augustine, showing the way to credible forms of undisciplined theory.
Argues that the vital questions in social theory are interdisciplinary. The work contains rigorous analyses of the writings of Baudrillard, Deleuze, G...
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269,72 zł |
Analyzing Social and Political Change: A Casebook of Methods
ISBN: 9780803982994 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Outlining the nature of such techniques, this accessible collection covers: the respective values of cross-sectional and longitudinal data in the analysis of change; the variety of methods available for the analysis of change over time; the types of research objective to which various techniques are suited; and more.
Outlining the nature of such techniques, this accessible collection covers: the respective values of cross-sectional and longitudinal data in the anal...
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222,99 zł |
The Measurement of Mathematics Anxiety
ISBN: 9783639181654 / Angielski / Miękka / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book covers the current mathematics anxiety literature and focuses on the definitions, nature, causes, measurement, effects, and treatments of the construct of mathematics anxiety. A particular attention is paid to the measurement of mathematics anxiety. Psychometric properties of the RMARS were investigated through a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and was found to be inadequate according to several fit indices. After several modifications, a second CFA of the modified instrument showed adequate properties. Concurrent validity of the instrument was found from significant...
This book covers the current mathematics anxiety literature and focuses on the definitions, nature, causes, measurement, effects, and treatments of ...
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306,31 zł |
Poetry as Method : Reporting Research Through Verse
ISBN: 9781598744019 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to using and creating poetry for conducting and reporting social research. It includes examples of poetry, interviews of poets, and practical exercises that will enhance the discussion of poetry writing as a method. When used as a teaching guide this book will encourage students to consider the importance of form and function in poetry for qualitative methods. It also answers the question of how to teach the creation and evaluation of poetry, it combats the perception that poetry is too difficult or mysterious to use as research and that only...
This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to using and creating poetry for conducting and reporting social research. It includes examples of poetr...
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186,68 zł |
Poetry as Method: Reporting Research Through Verse
ISBN: 9781598744002 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to using and creating poetry for conducting and reporting social research. It includes examples of poetry, interviews of poets, and practical exercises that will enhance the discussion of poetry writing as a method. When used as a teaching guide this book will encourage students to consider the importance of form and function in poetry for qualitative methods. It also answers the question of how to teach the creation and evaluation of poetry, it combats the perception that poetry is too difficult or mysterious to use as research and that only...
This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to using and creating poetry for conducting and reporting social research. It includes examples of poetr...
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700,25 zł |
Statistical Games and Human Affairs: This View from Within
ISBN: 9780521123419 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book puts the underlying methodology of socioeconomic statistics on a firmer footing by placing it within the ambit of inferential and predictive games.
This book puts the underlying methodology of socioeconomic statistics on a firmer footing by placing it within the ambit of inferential and predictive...
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216,69 zł |
Methods of Human Rights Research
ISBN: 9789050958790 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In academic human rights research, especially legal human rights research, little attention tends to be devoted to questions of methodology. One reason for this may be that human rights scholars often are former human rights activists. Dispensing with methodological niceties enables them to engage in wishful thinking and to come up with the conclusions they were hoping to find in the first place. Furthermore, although much emphasis continues to be put on the need to carry out human rights research from a multidisciplinary perspective, the methods to be applied in such research remain far from...
In academic human rights research, especially legal human rights research, little attention tends to be devoted to questions of methodology. One reaso...
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256,62 zł |
Quality of Life: Nomadological Insights
ISBN: 9783639201215 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The meaning and value of quality of life has eluded researchers and philosophers for centuries. In this book I take the reader through a textual journey, so that it may be approached differently. Qualitative research chapters are alternated with those analysing the political and cultural background to their making. These texts are then woven into a deconstruction of quality of life in the five oppositional pairs of life and death, health and illness, independence and dependence, empowerment and disempowerment and certainty and uncertainty. This deconstructive thread informs and is...
The meaning and value of quality of life has eluded researchers and philosophers for centuries. In this book I take the reader through a textual jou...
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355,86 zł |