Methodology in Social Research: Dilemmas and Perspectives Essays in Honour of Ramkrishna Mukherjee

1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-7619-9440-4
Verlag: SAGE PUBN

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 231 mm x 145 mm, Gewicht: 458 g

`[Methodology in Social Research] is a helpful companion to the beginner student of philosophy of science' - The Journal of The Royal Anthropological Institute Methodology in Social Research is a lucid introduction to methodology in social research. It enables social science researchers trained in a particular field to look beyond and relate to other methodological domains.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mukherji, Partha Nath

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword - M S Gore
Introduction - Partha Nath Mukherji
Methodology in Social Research - Dilemmas and Perspectives
PART ONE: METHODOLOGY: ORIENTATIONS
For Science, Against Scientism - Immanuel Wallerstein
The Dilemmas of Contemporary Knowledge Production
Manufacturing Meaning in the Social Sciences - Joseph R Gusfield
Resuming the Methodological Discourse - Rajni Kothari
Changing the Role of Human Knowledge in Our Time
On Reality - Satish Saberwal
Its Perception and Construction
Changing Modes of Conceptualizing the World - T K Oommen
Implications for Social Research
PART TWO: METHODOLOGY: APPLICATIONS
Man Is the World of Man - Claude Meillassoux
My Encounter with the Scientific Method - Victor S D'Souza
Mariyamma and the Logic of Realist Explanation in Sociology - Goran Djurfeldt
The Problematic of Constructing Social Reality - M Bharathi
Some Methodological Issues
PART THREE: ON METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL RESEARCH
Conversations with Ramkrishna Mukherjee - Partha Nath Mukherji and Chandan Sengupta