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Routledge
204 Pages
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Routledge
204 Pages
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Routledge
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This is Volume of VII twenty-two on a series on Social Theory and Methodology. Originally published in 1961, this book was written because of the author’s sense of the inadequacies of a sociological tradition dominated by empiricism and positivism. The tradition of empiricism leads to attempts to settle public issues by reference to crude ad hoc generalisations. So “right-wing” facts are refuted... Read more
PREFACE, I. SOCIOLOGY AS A SCIENCE, II. EMPIRICIST SOCIOLOGY, III. THE SUBJECT MATTER OF SOCIOLOGY, IV. THE PROBLEM OF FUNCTIONALISM, V. THE ACTION FRAME OF REFERENCE, VI. VALUES IN SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY, VII. THE THEORY OF SOCIAL CONFLICT AND CHANGE, VIII. CONFLICT AND THE ANALYSIS OF CLASS, IX. OBJECTIVITY AND PROOF IN SOCIOLOGY, X. CONCLUSIONS: THE SCOPE OF SOCIOLOGY, INDEX
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Rex, John
