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OSHA and the Politics of Health Regulation
David P. McCaffrey
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Description for OSHA and the Politics of Health Regulation
Paperback. Series: Environment, Development and Public Policy: Public Policy and Social Services. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LNTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 317.
By way of introduction to this fascinating book, let me highlight two of its many contributions. First, it is a good example of something all too rare in sociology: testing competing general theories. Most of us either try to develop or refine theories about how the social world works, and cite convenient data as support, or we select and collect data that will fit some general theoretical position. In the first case, the data playa subor dinate role-bits of evidence for our view of life. In the second, the theory plays a subordinate role-a way to make sense of the ... Read more
By way of introduction to this fascinating book, let me highlight two of its many contributions. First, it is a good example of something all too rare in sociology: testing competing general theories. Most of us either try to develop or refine theories about how the social world works, and cite convenient data as support, or we select and collect data that will fit some general theoretical position. In the first case, the data playa subor dinate role-bits of evidence for our view of life. In the second, the theory plays a subordinate role-a way to make sense of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Environment, Development and Public Policy: Public Policy and Social Services
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461592891
SKU
V9781461592891
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99-15
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