Constructing Social Theories

By Arthur L. Stinchcombe

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226774848
• ISBN13: 9780226774848
• Release Date: July 1987
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Excellent

Great book, absolute clear and straight to the point in the review of methods and main theoretical aproaches in Social Sciences.