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Constructing Social Theories Reprint Edition
Author(s): Arthur L. Stinchcombe (Author)
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date: July 15, 1987
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Print length: 320 pages
- ISBN-10: 0226774848
- ISBN-13: 9780226774848
Book Description
Constructing Social Theories Reprint Edition 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.
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This book presents to the reader a range of strategies for constructing theories, and in a clear, rigorous, and imaginative manners, illustrates how they can be applied.
About the Author
Arthur L. Stinchcombe is professor emeritus of sociology, political science, and organizational behavior at Northwestern University. He is the author of many books, including Constructing Social Theories Reprint Edition and, most recently, When Formality Works: Authority and Abstraction in Law and Organizations, both published by the University of Chicago Press.
