Constructing Social Theory

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
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Author: David C Bell ISBN: 9780742574960
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Publication: August 28, 2008
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Language: English
Author: David C Bell
ISBN: 9780742574960
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication: August 28, 2008
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English

Constructing Social Theory discusses the nature of social theory and theoretical orientations. Organized by forty-three theoretical orientations in seven domains—exchange, power, adaptation/reinforcement, social bond, altruism, functionalism, and identity—the text includes a tutorial on how to identify an appropriate theoretical orientation and create a theory given a particular research question. Bell separates the theoretical orientation of causal logic from theory itself, illuminating the mechanisms of scientific revolutions where new theoretical orientations are created, and the procedures of normal science, in which theories are developed using the logic of existing theoretical orientations.

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Constructing Social Theory discusses the nature of social theory and theoretical orientations. Organized by forty-three theoretical orientations in seven domains—exchange, power, adaptation/reinforcement, social bond, altruism, functionalism, and identity—the text includes a tutorial on how to identify an appropriate theoretical orientation and create a theory given a particular research question. Bell separates the theoretical orientation of causal logic from theory itself, illuminating the mechanisms of scientific revolutions where new theoretical orientations are created, and the procedures of normal science, in which theories are developed using the logic of existing theoretical orientations.

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