After Method
Mess in Social Science Research
John Law argues that methods don't just describe social realities but are also involved in creating them. The implications of this argument are highly significant. If this is the case, methods are always political, and it raises the question of what kinds of social realities we want to create. Most current methods look for clarity and precision. It is usually said that only poor research produces messy findings, and the idea that things in the world might be fluid, elusive, or multiple is unthinkable. Law's startling argument is that this is wrong and it is time for a new approach. Many realities, he says, are vague and ephemeral. If methods…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-415-34175-2
- EAN: 9780415341752
- Produktnummer: 1532433
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 200 S.
- Masse: H23.2 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.2 cm 292 g
- Abbildungen: 1 Illustrations, black and white
- Gewicht: 292
- Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)
Über den Autor
John Law is Professor of Sociology and STS (Science and Technology Studies) at Lancaster University. He has written widely on the sociology of science and technology, organisation, health-care, disasters, and social theory and methods, where his continuing concern has been with the materiality and spatiality of complexity.
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