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Method in Social Science: Revised 2nd Edition
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In its second edition, Method in Social Science was widely praised for its penetrating analysis of central questions in social science discourse. This revised edition comes with a new preface and a full bibliography. The book is intended for students and researchers familiar with social science but having little or no previous experiences of philosophical and methodological discussion, and for those who are interested in realism and method.
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- Authors
- Sayer, A.
- Venue
- Routledge eBooks
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2002-11-01
- OpenAlex
- W1484964519
- Cited by
- 1,248
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 101.20
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- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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