Constructing social theories
By: Arthur L. Stinchcombe.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: Sociology -- Methodology.
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"--provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, c1968.