Elucidating Social Science Concepts

Author : Frederic Charles Schaffer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136710643

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Elucidating Social Science Concepts by Frederic Charles Schaffer Pdf

Concepts have always been foundational to the social science enterprise. This book is a guide to working with them. Against the positivist project of concept "reconstruction"—the formulation of a technical, purportedly neutral vocabulary for measuring, comparing, and generalizing—Schaffer adopts an interpretivist approach that he calls "elucidation." Elucidation includes both a reflexive examination of social science technical language and an investigation into the language of daily life. It is intended to produce a clear view of both types of language, the relationship between them, and the practices of life and power that they evoke and sustain. After an initial chapter explaining what elucidation is and how it differs from reconstruction, the book lays out practical elucidative strategies—grounding, locating, and exposing—that help situate concepts in particular language games, times and tongues, and structures of power. It also explores the uses to which elucidation can be put and the moral dilemmas that attend such uses. By illustrating his arguments with lively analyses of such concepts as "person," "family," and "democracy," Schaffer shows rather than tells, making the book both highly readable and an essential guide for social science research.

Author : Frederic Charles Schaffer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136710650

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Elucidating Social Science Concepts by Frederic Charles Schaffer Pdf

Concepts have always been foundational to the social science enterprise. This book is a guide to working with them. Against the positivist project of concept "reconstruction"—the formulation of a technical, purportedly neutral vocabulary for measuring, comparing, and generalizing—Schaffer adopts an interpretivist approach that he calls "elucidation." Elucidation includes both a reflexive examination of social science technical language and an investigation into the language of daily life. It is intended to produce a clear view of both types of language, the relationship between them, and the practices of life and power that they evoke and sustain. After an initial chapter explaining what elucidation is and how it differs from reconstruction, the book lays out practical elucidative strategies—grounding, locating, and exposing—that help situate concepts in particular language games, times and tongues, and structures of power. It also explores the uses to which elucidation can be put and the moral dilemmas that attend such uses. By illustrating his arguments with lively analyses of such concepts as "person," "family," and "democracy," Schaffer shows rather than tells, making the book both highly readable and an essential guide for social science research.

Author : Gary Goertz
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691124117

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Social Science Concepts by Gary Goertz Pdf

To develop theories and research designs requires concepts. Gary Goertz provides advice on the construction and use of social science concepts and their use in case selection and theories. He also cites examples from political science and sociology to illustrate the theoretical and practical issues of concept construction and use.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 19??
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:310750497

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Social science concepts by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gary Goertz
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691205489

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Social Science Concepts and Measurement by Gary Goertz Pdf

Revised edition of the author's Social science concepts, c2006.

Author : Lee Ann Fujii
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135015381

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Interviewing in Social Science Research by Lee Ann Fujii Pdf

What is interviewing and when is this method useful? What does it mean to select rather than sample interviewees? Once the researcher has found people to interview, how does she build a working relationship with her interviewees? What should the dynamics of talking and listening in interviews be? How do researchers begin to analyze the narrative data generated through interviews? Lee Ann Fujii explores the answers to these inquiries in Interviewing in Social Science Research, the latest entry in the Routledge Series on Interpretive Methods. This short, highly readable book explores an interpretive approach to interviewing for purposes of social science research. Using an interpretive methodology, the book examines interviewing as a relational enterprise. As a relational undertaking, interviewing is more akin to a two-way dialogue than a one-way interrogation. Fujii examines the methodological foundations for a relational approach to interviewing, while at the same time covering many of the practical nuts and bolts of relational interviewing. Examples come from the author’s experiences conducting interviews in Bosnia, Rwanda, and the United States, and from relevant literatures across a variety of social scientific disciplines. Appendices to the book contain specific tips and suggestions for relational interviewing in addition to interview excerpts that give readers a sense of how relational interviews unfold. This book will be of great value to graduate students and researchers from across the social sciences who are considering or planning to use interviews in their research, and can be easily used by academics for teaching courses or workshops in social science methods.

Author : E. Nathaniel Gates
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136754685

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The Concept of Race in Natural and Social Science by E. Nathaniel Gates Pdf

Explores the concept of race The term race, which originally denoted genealogical or class identity, has in the comparatively brief span of 300 years taken on an entirely new meaning. In the wake of the Enlightenment it came to be applied to social groups. This ideological transformation coupled with a dogmatic insistence that the groups so designated were natural, and not socially created, gave birth to the modern notion of races as genetically distinct entities. The results of this view were the encoding of race and racial hierarchies in law, literature, and culture. How racial categories facilitate social control The articles in the series demonstrate that the classification of humans according to selected physical characteristics was an arbitrary decision that was not based on valid scientific method. They also examine the impact of colonialism on the propagation of the concept and note that racial categorization is a powerful social force that is often used to promote the interests of dominant social groups. Finally, the collection surveys how laws based on race have been enacted around the world to deny power to minority groups. A multidisciplinary resource This collection of outstanding articles brings multiple perspectives to bear on race theory and draws on a wider ranger of periodicals than even the largest library usually holds. Even if all the articles were available on campus, chances are that a student would have to track them down in several libraries and microfilm collections. Providing, of course, that no journals were reserved for graduate students, out for binding, or simply missing. This convenient set saves students substantial time and effort by making available all the key articles in one reliable source. Authoritative commentary The series editor has put together a balanced selection of the most significant works, accompanied by expert commentary. A general introduction gives important background information and outlines fundamental issues, current scholarship, and scholarly controversies. Introductions to individual volumes put the articles in context and draw attention to germinal ideas and major shifts in the field. After reading the material, even a beginning student will have an excellent grasp of the basics of the subject.

Author : Henry L. Roediger III,Yadin Dudai,Susan M. Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780190295011

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Science of Memory Concepts by Henry L. Roediger III,Yadin Dudai,Susan M. Fitzpatrick Pdf

Scientists currently study memory from many different perspectives: neurobiological, ethological, animal conditioning, cognitive, behavioral neuroscience, social, and cultural. The aim of this book is to help initiate a new science of memory by bringing these perspectives together to create a unified understanding of the topic. The book began with a conference where leading practitioners from all these major approaches met to analyze and discuss 16 concepts that are crucial to our understanding of memory. Each of these 16 concepts is addressed in a section of the book, and in the 66 succinct chapters that fill these sections, a leading researcher addresses the section's concept by clearly stating his or her position on it, elucidating how it is used, and discussing how it should be used in future research. For some concepts, there is general agreement among practitioners from different fields and levels of analysis, but for others there is general disagreement and much controversy. A final chapter in each section, also written by a leading researcher, integrates the various viewpoints offered on the section's concept, then draws conclusions about the concept. This groundbreaking volume will be an indispensable reference for all the students and researchers who will build upon the foundation it provides for the new science of memory.

Author : Jean-édéric Morin,Christian Olsson,Ece Özlem Atikcan
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780198850298

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Research Methods in the Social Sciences: an A-Z of Key Concepts by Jean-édéric Morin,Christian Olsson,Ece Özlem Atikcan Pdf

Research Methods in the Social Sciences is a comprehensive yet compact A-Z for undergraduate and postgraduate students undertaking research across the social sciences, featuring 71 entries that cover a wide range of concepts, methods, and theories. Each entry begins with an accessible introduction to a method, using real-world examples from a wide range of academic disciplines, before discussing the benefits and limitations of the approach, its current status in academic practice, and finally providing tips and advice for readers on when and how to apply the method in their own research. Wide ranging and interdisciplinary, the text covers both well-established concepts and emerging ideas, such as big data and network analysis, for qualitative and quantitative research methods. All entries feature extensive cross-referencing, providing ease of navigation and, pointing readers to related concepts, and to help build their overall understanding of research methods.

Author : Peter Winch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780415423588

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The Idea of a Social Science and Its Relation to Philosophy by Peter Winch Pdf

Here Winch addresses the possibility and practice of a comprehensive 'science of society', drawing from the works of such thinkers as Ludwig Wittgenstein, J.S. Mill and Max Weber to make his case.

Author : Berrin Ceylan Ataman,Gülçin Taşkıran
Publisher : IJOPEC PUBLICATION
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781912503728

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Recent Evaluations on Humanities and Social Sciences by Berrin Ceylan Ataman,Gülçin Taşkıran Pdf

This book is one of the rare publications covering all subjects in the field of Humanities and Social Sciences, ranging from Anthropology to Literature, Poverty to Women studies. In this book, the studies that bring out approaches from different perspectives and disciplines in the field of social and human sciences are brought together.

Author : John Gerring,Jason Seawright
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781009121071

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Finding your Social Science Project by John Gerring,Jason Seawright Pdf

The most important step in social science research is the first step – finding a topic. Unfortunately, little guidance on this crucial and difficult challenge is available. Methodological studies and courses tend to focus on theory testing rather than theory generation. This book aims to redress that imbalance. The first part of the book offers an overview of the book's central concerns. How do social scientists arrive at ideas for their work? What are the different ways in which a study can contribute to knowledge in a field? The second part of the book offers suggestions about how to think creatively, including general strategies for finding a topic and heuristics for discovery. The third part of the book shows how data exploration may assist in generating theories and hypotheses. The fourth part of the book offers suggestions about how to fashion disparate ideas into a theory.

Author : Martyn Hammersley
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030516444

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Troubling Sociological Concepts by Martyn Hammersley Pdf

Sociology addresses challenging social issues and seeks new ways to understand them. However, much sociological terminology suffers from multiple, vague, or uncertain meanings. This is true of many of the central terms that sociologists use, such as ‘power’, ‘ideology’, ‘culture’, ‘social class’, and even ‘society’. The result is that the conclusions reached by sociological investigations are frequently subject to discrepant interpretations, and their validity is difficult to assess. The chapters in this book address several of the key terms employed by sociologists, examining the concepts associated with them in depth – from both an historical and an analytical perspective. The aim is not to develop an entirely new framework but rather to document the various meanings associated with these terms, and to suggest ways in which they could be refined or developed for the purposes of sociological analysis. Since the concepts addressed are of wide relevance, Troubling Sociological Concepts will be of interest and use to researchers and students across the social sciences.

Author : Bruce Parrott
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780472055982

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Becoming a Social Science Researcher by Bruce Parrott Pdf

The philosophical, sociological, and psychological dimensions of research

Author : Alexandra Brewis,Amber Wutich
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781421433363

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Lazy, Crazy, and Disgusting by Alexandra Brewis,Amber Wutich Pdf

How stigma derails well-intentioned public health efforts, creating suffering and worsening inequalities. 2020 Winner, Society for Anthropological Sciences Carol R. Ember Book Prize,Shortlisted for the British Sociological Association's Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize Stigma is a dehumanizing process, where shaming and blaming are embedded in our beliefs about who does and does not have value within society. In Lazy, Crazy, and Disgusting, medical anthropologists Alexandra Brewis and Amber Wutich explore a darker side of public health: that well-intentioned public health campaigns can create new and damaging stigma, even when they are otherwise successful. Brewis and Wutich present a novel, synthetic argument about how stigmas act as a massive driver of global disease and suffering, killing or sickening billions every year. They focus on three of the most complex, difficult-to-fix global health efforts: bringing sanitation to all, treating mental illness, and preventing obesity. They explain how and why humans so readily stigmatize, how this derails ongoing public health efforts, and why this process invariably hurts people who are already at risk. They also explore how new stigmas enter global health so easily and consider why destigmatization is so very difficult. Finally, the book offers potential solutions that may be able to prevent, challenge, and fix stigma. Stigma elimination, Brewis and Wutich conclude, must be recognized as a necessary and core component of all global health efforts. Drawing on the authors' keen observations and decades of fieldwork, Lazy, Crazy, and Disgusting combines a wide array of ethnographic evidence from around the globe to demonstrate conclusively how stigma undermines global health's basic goals to create both health and justice.