{"product_id":"measure-for-measures-1","title":"Measure for Measures","description":"First Published in 2004. This challenging and pioneering work aims to provide a measure (a set of standards) for measures (empirical data) in sociological research. It argues that the critique of positivism has resulted in a methodological impasse. Criticism has pulled the rug from under positivist method but left nothing in its place. In a devastating and systematic critique the author rejects phenomenological and relativist objections to sociological measurement. A wholly new model for the empirical substantiation of sociological theory is developed based on an examination of scientific measurement techniques and a reading of realist philosophical principles. Unlike many books heralding a new direction in sociology, A MEASURE FOR MEASURES goes beyond meta-theory, providing detailed examples to show how the 'new realism' can provide a viable empirical method.","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54255611707736,"sku":"9781138161825","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138161825.jpg?v=1769552116","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/measure-for-measures-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}