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Title New directions in sociology : essays on theory and methodology in the 21st century / edited by Ieva Zake and Michael DeCesare
Published Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 243 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Theory -- Section One -- 1. Hermeneutics and Sociology -- 2. The Austrian School -- 3. Karl Popper's Criticism of Sociology -- Section Two -- 4. Culture, Agency and the Means of Simulation -- 5. Consequences of Experience -- 6. Critical Space -- 7. Finding Coherence in Sociology -- Part II: Methodology -- Section Three -- 8. "Shut Up in Measureless Content" -- 9. In Defense of Doing Nothing -- Section Four -- 10. The Neglected Virtues of Comparative-Historical Methods -- 11. Autoethnography -- 12. Fictional Stories -- Conclusion -- About the Contributors -- Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes "Written by the new generation of sociologists, these essays chart a course for the future of the discipline, both by revisiting forgotten theories and methods and by suggesting innovative theoretical and methodological approaches. Comprised of seven essays on theory and five on methodology, the volume attempts to reconnect theorists and methodologists in a discussion about the future"--Provided by publisher
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Subject Sociology.
Sociology -- Methodology.
sociology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
Sociology
Sociology -- Methodology
Form Electronic book
Author Zake, Ieva
DeCesare, Michael, 1975-
ISBN 9780786485499
0786485493