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Craftways - On the Organization of Scholarly Work (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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Craftways - On the Organization of Scholarly Work (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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The one subject that serious students want most to know about,
other than their specialty, is how academic life is lived and how
scholarly work is carried out. Their curiosity is equally shared by
those interested in how to improve the quality and quantity of
their work. With few exceptions, the time honored word-of-mouth
approach is all there has been until now; how one works is rarely a
subject seriously discussed in print. Craftways is intended to
address these concerns and needs. Aaron Wildavsky has long been
admired as one of the most productive political scientists of his
generation. Repeated expressions of interest in his scholarly craft
led him to gather together his essays on how he works. Included are
chapters on how to read social science -"not always everyone's
favorite pastime" - how to work with others on collaborative
projects, and how to improve one's academic writing. The question
of time, the most limited resource available to most scholars, is
addressed in an amusing chapter, "The Organization of Time in
Scholarly Activities Carried Out Under American Conditions in
Resource-Rich Universities." He includes a section on interviewing,
focusing not only on the process, but on the spirit of scholarly
enterprise that should animate it. The last part of the book is
purely personal, emphasizing the familial and background variables
that have made Wildavsky who he is and play a large part in how he
goes about his work. This wise volume, by a master of his craft,
should be of broad interest to students and faculty in the social
sciences.
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