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The relation of theory and method: causal relatedness, historical contingency and beyond.
- Source :
- Sociological Review; Aug88, Vol. 36 Issue 3, p441-463, 23p
- Publication Year :
- 1988
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Abstract
- This paper critically scrutinizes the thesis put forward by Jennifer Platt in a recent article in The Sociological Review about the general relation between theory and method, based on her investigation of the specific example of functionalism and survey research in post-war US sociology. The present paper questions the extent to which Platt's analysis and general conclusions mask important levels of connectedness between theory and method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- FUNCTIONALISM (Social sciences)
SOCIOLOGY
WAR
ETHNOLOGY
SOCIAL sciences
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00380261
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Sociological Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 5473704
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-954X.1988.tb02923.x