336 Pages
by
Routledge
334 Pages
by
Routledge
334 Pages
by
Routledge
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Ithiel de Sola Pool was a distinguished scholar of the political process, and one of the most original thinkers in the development of an integrated social science. This volume focuses upon his contributions to the development of research methods that deepen our understanding of human behaviour. The book is divided into five parts treating the analysis of communications, computer simulation,... Read more
Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: The Analysis of Communications Editor's Introduction 1 Symbols, Meanings, and Social Science 2 Content Analysis and the Intelligence Function 3 Scratches on Social Science: Images, Symbols, and Stereotypes Part II: Computer Simulation Editor's Introduction 4 The Simulmatics Project 5 A Postscript on the 1964 Election 6 The Kaiser, the Tsar, and the Computer: Information Processing in a Crisis Part III: Forecasting Editor's Introduction 7 The International System in the Next Half-Century 8 The Art of the Social Science Soothsayer 9 Foresight and Hindsight: The Case of the Telephone Part IV: Network Theory Editor's Introduction 10 Contacts and Influence Part V: Social Science in Political Contexts Editor's Introduction 11 Some Facts About Values 12 What Ferment?: A Challenge for Empirical Research 13 How Powerful Is Business? 14 Human Subjects Regulations on the Social Sciences 15 What's Next? The Intellectual Legacy of Ithiel de Sola Pool Lloyd S. Etheredge Index
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Ithiel de Sola Pool
