Making Social Science Matter presents an exciting new approach to the social and behavioral sciences including theoretical argument, methodological guidelines, and examples of practical application. Why has social science failed in attempts to emulate natural science and produce normal theory? Bent Flyvbjerg argues that the strength of social sciences lies in its rich, reflexiv...(展开全部)

Making Social Science Matter presents an exciting new approach to the social and behavioral sciences including theoretical argument, methodological guidelines, and examples of practical application. Why has social science failed in attempts to emulate natural science and produce normal theory? Bent Flyvbjerg argues that the strength of social sciences lies in its rich, reflexiv...(展开全部)

Making Social Science Matter presents an exciting new approach to the social and behavioral sciences including theoretical argument, methodological guidelines, and examples of practical application. Why has social science failed in attempts to emulate natural science and produce normal theory? Bent Flyvbjerg argues that the strength of social sciences lies in its rich, reflexiv...(展开全部)

Andrew Sayer undertakes a fundamental critique of social science's difficulties in acknowledging that people's relation to the world is one of concern. As sentient beings, capable of flourishing and suffering, and particularly vulnerable to how others treat us, our view of the world is substantially evaluative. Yet modernist ways of thinking encourage the common but extraordina...(展开全部)

Andrew Sayer undertakes a fundamental critique of social science's difficulties in acknowledging that people's relation to the world is one of concern. As sentient beings, capable of flourishing and suffering, and particularly vulnerable to how others treat us, our view of the world is substantially evaluative. Yet modernist ways of thinking encourage the common but extraordina...(展开全部)

From one of the world’s leading data scientists, a landmark tour of the new science of idea flow, offering revolutionary insights into the mysteries of collective intelligence and social influence If the Big Data revolution has a presiding genius, it is MIT’s Alex “Sandy” Pentland. Over years of groundbreaking experiments, he has distilled remarkable discoveries significant eno...(展开全部)

As straightforward as its title, How to Build Social Science Theories sidesteps the well-traveled road of theoretical examination by demonstrating how new theories originate and how they are elaborated. Essential reading for students of social science research, this book traces theories from their most rudimentary building blocks (terminology and definitions) through multivari...(展开全部)

As straightforward as its title, How to Build Social Science Theories sidesteps the well-traveled road of theoretical examination by demonstrating how new theories originate and how they are elaborated. Essential reading for students of social science research, this book traces theories from their most rudimentary building blocks (terminology and definitions) through multivari...(展开全部)

亚历山大·温特，俄亥俄州立大学政治学教授，曾在耶鲁大学、达特茅斯学院和芝加哥大学任教。 温特的研究领域为量子社会科学、社会科学哲学、国际关系理论。他是国际关系建构主义流派的代表人物。 他的著作《国际政治的社会理论》曾获国际研究协会“十年最佳图书奖”。 在一项对全世界1400名国际关系学者的调查中，温特被评为国际关系领域过去20年最有影响力的学者。 他还对UFO有所研究，爱好金属音乐。 译者简介 祁昊天 北京大学国际关系学院助理教授。主要研究方向为技术变迁与世界政治、军事安全与冲突管控、社会科学方法论、量子社会科学。讲授课程包括《国家安全学导论》、 Introduction to International Public Policy、International Security Studies、《理解世界政治》、《技术变迁与国家安全》、《政治博弈论》...(展开全部)

亚历山大·温特，俄亥俄州立大学政治学教授，曾在耶鲁大学、达特茅斯学院和芝加哥大学任教。 温特的研究领域为量子社会科学、社会科学哲学、国际关系理论。他是国际关系建构主义流派的代表人物。 他的著作《国际政治的社会理论》曾获国际研究协会“十年最佳图书奖”。 在一项对全世界1400名国际关系学者的调查中，温特被评为国际关系领域过去20年最有影响力的学者。 他还对UFO有所研究，爱好金属音乐。 译者简介 祁昊天 北京大学国际关系学院助理教授。主要研究方向为技术变迁与世界政治、军事安全与冲突管控、社会科学方法论、量子社会科学。讲授课程包括《国家安全学导论》、 Introduction to International Public Policy、International Security Studies、《理解世界政治》、《技术变迁与国家安全》、《政治博弈论》...(展开全部)