Constructing Social Theories
Download or Read eBook Constructing Social Theories PDF written by Arthur L. Stinchcombe and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1987-07-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Arthur L. Stinchcombe |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 1987-07-15 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780226774848 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0226774848 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Constructing Social Theories by : Arthur L. Stinchcombe
Book excerpt: Constructing Social Theories presents to the reader a range of strategies for constructing theories, and in a clear, rigorous, and imaginative manner, illustrates how they can be applied. Arthur L. Stinchcombe argues that theories should not be invented in the abstract—or applied a priori to a problem—but should be dictated by the nature of the data to be explained. This work was awarded the Sorokin prize by the American Sociological Association as the book that made an outstanding contribution to the progress of sociology in 1970.
