Social science concepts and measurement /
Philosophers, lawyers, political and social theorists debate normative concepts such as democracy, justice and human rights. Concepts are fundamental to description. Hence for anthropology, ethnography, grounded theory and similar methodologies developing concepts is a core theoretical and empirical...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[2020]
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| Edition: | New and completely revised edition. |
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| Summary: | Philosophers, lawyers, political and social theorists debate normative concepts such as democracy, justice and human rights. Concepts are fundamental to description. Hence for anthropology, ethnography, grounded theory and similar methodologies developing concepts is a core theoretical and empirical activity. Concepts are thus core in causal theories, normative philosophy and empirical description. This book provides a unified framework for working with, constructing and evaluating concepts that applies in these different domains. |
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| Item Description: | Revised edition of the author's Social science concepts, c2006. |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-309) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780691205489 0691205485 9780691205465 0691205469 |