Sociological research is hard enough already you don't need to make it even harder by smashing about like a bull in a china shop, not knowing what you're doing or where you're heading. Or so says John Levi Martin in this witty, insightful, and desperately needed primer on how to practice rigorous social science. Thinking Through Methods focuses on the practical decisions that y...(展开全部)

[美] 德内拉•梅多斯  世界上最伟大的系统思考大师之一，师从系统动力学创始人杰伊•福瑞斯特，是知名的“世界模型Ⅲ”主创人员，也是 “学习型组织之父”、《第五项修炼》作者彼得•圣吉的老师。  1972年，作为畅销书《增长的极限》的第一作者，她引领了社会观念变革的先河，引发了全球对地球承载能力和人类选择的大辩论，另著有9本关于全球建模和可持续发展问题的著作，并于1996年创立了可持续性发展协会。  她始终处于环境与社会分析研究领域的最前沿，1991年被授予环境保护领域的“皮尤学者奖”，1994年又荣获“麦克阿瑟天才奖”。  从1972年直到2001年去世，她一直在达特茅斯学院环境研究项目任教，致力于在经济学、环境和社会变革等领域应用系统思考和组织学习的方法。

In the years following her role as the lead author of the international bestseller, "Limits to Growth"athe first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planeta Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001.Meadowsa newly released manuscript, "Thinking in Systems," is a concise and crucial book off...(展开全部)

In the years following her role as the lead author of the international bestseller, "Limits to Growth"athe first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planeta Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001.Meadowsa newly released manuscript, "Thinking in Systems," is a concise and crucial book off...(展开全部)

Simply put, Thinking Through Statistics is a primer on how to maintain rigorous data standards in social science work, and one that makes a strong case for revising the way that we try to use statistics to support our theories. But don’t let that daunt you. With clever examples and witty takeaways, John Levi Martin proves himself to be a most affable tour guide through these sc...(展开全部)

安乐哲，夏威夷大学哲学系教授。他在1987年获伦敦大学哲学博士学位，曾担任夏威夷大学中国研究中心主任。安乐哲教授出版了一系列蜚声国际的中国哲学专著，其中包括《先哲的民主：杜威、孔子与中国民主之希望》、《通过汉代而思》、《主术：中国古代政冶制度之研究》、《通过孔子而思》等；同时也是一位重要的中国经典的翻译家，将中国一些重要的哲学典籍译成英文，其中包括《孙子兵法》、《孙膑兵法》、《论语》、《道德经》等。他还是美国的比较哲学杂志《东西方哲学》的主编。 郝大维（David L.Hall）美国哲学家。

Written with students in mind, Thinking Through Theory explores the role of theory in sociology with a focus on good thinking: how to keep from thinking in circles, how to know when we are contradicting ourselves, and how to avoid thinking tautologies are meaningful.

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)

Concepts lie at the core of social science theory and methodology. They provide substance to theories; they form the basis of measurement; they influence the selection of cases. "Social Science Concepts: A Users Guide" explores alternative means of concept construction and their impact on the role of concepts in measurement, case selection, and theories. While there exists a pl...(展开全部)

John Gerring's exceptional textbook has been thoroughly revised in this second edition. It offers a one-volume introduction to social science methodology relevant to the disciplines of anthropology, economics, history, political science, psychology and sociology. This new edition has been extensively developed with the introduction of new material and a thorough treatment of es...(展开全部)