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.
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Arthur L. Stinchcombe is professor of sociology, political science, and organization behavior at Northwestern University. He is the author of numerous books, including Theoretical Methods in Social History; Economic Sociology; and Stratification and Organization.
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I'm using this book for a class and have found it very useful. It's written in clear, accessible prose. It provides a good overview of the scientific process for social scientists. More importantly, I found it answered a lot of my questions. When there is nuance, Stinchcombe points it out, even if merely to say he won't discuss it at that point. He also never loses sight of the fact that good social science is geared towards producing good theories AND accurate theories.
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Great book, absolute clear and straight to the point in the review of methods and main theoretical aproaches in Social Sciences.
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potential state area, mixing demand, homeostatic variable, different institutional areas, causal imagery, causal forces operating, idiosyncratic forces, historicist explanations, complex causal structures, disputed border territory, decision burden, feasible coalitions, nodal activities, nodal activity, spurious variables, power phenomena, relative discrimination, demographic explanations, mapping variable, geopolitical concepts, military vulnerability, common foci, carload lots, age strata, empirical derivations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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potential state area, mixing demand, homeostatic variable, different institutional areas, causal imagery, causal forces operating, idiosyncratic forces, historicist explanations, complex causal structures, disputed border territory, decision burden, feasible coalitions, nodal activities, nodal activity, spurious variables, power phenomena, relative discrimination, demographic explanations, mapping variable, geopolitical concepts, military vulnerability, common foci, carload lots, age strata, empirical derivations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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