num_pages: 320
description: Constructing Social Theories presents to the reader a range of strategies for constructing theories, and in a clear, rigorous, and imaginative manner, illustrates how they can be applied. Arthur L. Stinchcombe argues that theories should not be invented in the abstract—or applied a priori to a problem—but should be dictated by the nature of the data to be explained. This work was awarded the Sorokin prize by the American Sociological Association as the book that made an outstanding contribution to the progress of sociology in 1970. 
language: English
title: Constructing Social Theories
titlecomplete: Constructing Social Theories
genres: Sociology, Nonfiction, Academic
ratings_count: 16
awards: awardedAt: 28800000
name: Sorokin Award
publisher: University of Chicago Press