"Narratives in Social Science Research" introduces students to the use of narrative methodology as a research tool. It offers a useful and rigorous framework for the application of these devices within qualitative research. This practically-orientated text provides: an historical overview of the development of the narrative approach within the social sciences; a guide to how na...(展开全部)

"Narratives in Social Science Research" introduces students to the use of narrative methodology as a research tool. It offers a useful and rigorous framework for the application of these devices within qualitative research. This practically-orientated text provides: an historical overview of the development of the narrative approach within the social sciences; a guide to how na...(展开全部)

John Law argues that methods don't just describe social realities but are also involved in creating them. The implications of this argument are highly significant. If this is the case, methods are always political, and it raises the question of what kinds of social realities we want to create. Most current methods look for clarity and precision. It is usually said that only poo...(展开全部)

John Law argues that methods don't just describe social realities but are also involved in creating them. The implications of this argument are highly significant. If this is the case, methods are always political, and it raises the question of what kinds of social realities we want to create. Most current methods look for clarity and precision. It is usually said that only poo...(展开全部)

'With this book David de Vaus has written one of the best general research methods textbooks around. The use of different types of research design as the point of departure is a different and very helpful approach to take, especially since many textbooks confuse issues of method and design. The author outlines with great clarity a wide variety of issues, including testing theor...(展开全部)

'With this book David de Vaus has written one of the best general research methods textbooks around. The use of different types of research design as the point of departure is a different and very helpful approach to take, especially since many textbooks confuse issues of method and design. The author outlines with great clarity a wide variety of issues, including testing theor...(展开全部)

Educational policy-makers around the world constantly make decisions about how to use scarce resources to improve the education of children. Unfortunately, their decisions are rarely informed by evidence on the consequences of these initiatives in other settings. Nor are decisions typically accompanied by well-formulated plans to evaluate their causal impacts. As a result, know...(展开全部)

Written by an eminent and original thinker in the philosophy of science, this book takes a fresh, unorthodox look at the key philosophical concepts and assumptions of the social sciences. Mario Bunge contends that social scientists (anthropologists, sociologists, political scientists, economists, and historians) ought not to leave philosophy to philosophers who have little expe...(展开全部)

米歇尔·刘易斯-伯克 美国爱荷华大学政治科学系温德尔·米勒（F. Wendell Miller）杰出及讲席教授。自1988年以来，他一直在主持SAGE出版社的“社会科学定量研究应用丛书（Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences，QASS）”的编写。此外，他还是《法国政治学》（French Politics）杂志的编辑并曾担任过《美国政治学杂志》（American Journal of Political Science）的编辑。他独著或与他人合著的专著或文章有110多部（篇）。他在方法方面的出版物包括《实用回归法导论》（Applied Regression: An Introduction）和《数据分析导论》（Data Analysis: An Introduction）。他在政治科学的诸多领域...(展开全部)