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Practical sociology : post-empiricism and the reconstruction of theory and application

Title
Practical sociology : post-empiricism and the reconstruction of theory and application / Christopher G.A. Bryant.
Author
Bryant, Christopher G. A.
Publication
Cambridge, UK : Polity Press ; Cambridge, MA, USA : Blackwell Publishers, 1995.

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Description
xi, 190 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subject
  • Sociology
  • Social sciences
  • Policy sciences
  • Sociology
  • Social Sciences
  • sociology
  • social sciences
  • Policy sciences
  • Social sciences
  • Praxis
  • Soziologie
  • Soziologische Theorie
  • Sociologie
  • Grondslagen
  • Theorie en praktijk
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-186) and index.
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: Theory, Metatheory and Discourse -- 2. Concept Formation: Contest and Reconstruction -- 3. The Constitution of Society: Agency and Structure -- 4. Values in Social Science: Decisions, Justifications and Communities -- 5. Models of Applied Social Science: Engineering, Enlightenment, Interaction and Dialogue -- 6. Conclusion: Impossible and Possible Sociology -- Notes -- References -- Index.
ISBN
  • 0745614922
  • 9780745614922
  • 0745614930
  • 9780745614939
LCCN
95021710
OCLC
  • ocm32665515
  • 32665515
  • SCSB-8794536
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library