A fully revised edition of the classic reference on concepts and
their role in social science research Social Science Concepts and
Measurement offers an updated look at the theory and methodology of
concepts for the social sciences. Emphasizing that most concepts
are multilevel and multidimensional, this revised edition continues
to bring the qualitative and quantitative closer together, with new
chapters devoted to scaling, aggregation, and the methodological
links between the semantics of concepts and numeric measures. In
addition, it stresses that concepts are used for description and
causal inference, and contain normative judgments. Initial chapters
focus on conceptualization, followed by chapters on issues of
measurement. The textbook examines concepts in the international
arena (such as the global performance indicators used by
international organizations like the UN and the World Bank), as
well as classic paired concepts such as poverty and wealth,
democracy and authoritarianism, and war and peace. Additionally, it
explores such topics as typologies, hybrid concepts, and how
complex concepts constitute complex theories. The volume serves as
a guide to the methodology of concepts in the classroom and is
accompanied by more than two hundred exercises. Social Science
Concepts and Measurement is an indispensable resource for graduate
students and scholars.
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