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- ISBN 9780745622477
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 152 x 231mm
- Publication Date: 01 Nov 2005
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this ground-breaking new text, Patrick Baert analyses the central perspectives in the philosophy of social science, critically investigating the work of Durkheim, Weber, Popper, critical realism, critical theory, and Rorty's neo pragmatism.
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- Places key writers in their social and political contexts, helping to make their ideas meaningful to students.
- Shows how these authors’ views have practical uses in empirical research.
- Lively approach that makes complex ideas understandable to upper-level students, as well as having scholarly appeal.
Patrick Baert is University Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge
