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Time Matters - On Theory and Method (Hardcover, 2nd ed.) Loot Price: R2,698
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Time Matters - On Theory and Method (Hardcover, 2nd ed.): Andrew Abbott

Time Matters - On Theory and Method (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)

Andrew Abbott

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What do variables really tell us? When exactly do inventions occur? Why do we always miss turning points as they transpire? When does what doesn't happen mean as much, if not more, than what does? Andrew Abbott considers these fascinating questions in "Time Matters," a diverse series of essays that constitutes the most extensive analysis of temporality in social science today. Ranging from abstract theoretical reflection to pointed methodological critique, Abbott demonstrates the inevitably theoretical character of any methodology.
"Time Matters" focuses particularly on questions of time, events, and causality. Abbott grounds each essay in straightforward examinations of actual social scientific analyses. Throughout, he demonstrates the crucial assumptions we make about causes and events, about actors and interaction and about time and meaning every time we employ methods of social analysis, whether in academic disciplines, market research, public opinion polling, or even evaluation research. Turning current assumptions on their heads, Abbott not only outlines the theoretical orthodoxies of empirical social science, he sketches new alternatives, laying down foundations for a new body of social theory.

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Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 2001
First published: July 2001
Authors: Andrew Abbott
Dimensions: 235 x 165 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 296
Edition: 2nd ed.
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-00102-9
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social research & statistics > Social forecasting, futurology
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LSN: 0-226-00102-4
Barcode: 9780226001029

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