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Usable Theory: Analytic Tools for Social and Political Research
Dietrich Rueschemeyer
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Description for Usable Theory: Analytic Tools for Social and Political Research
Paperback. Shows graduate students and researchers how to construct theory frames and use them to develop valid empirical hypotheses in the course of empirical social and political research. This title seeks to mobilize the implicit theoretical social knowledge used in everyday life. It also relates theoretical ideas to problems of methodology. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: GPS; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
The project of twentieth-century sociology and political science--to create predictive scientific theory--resulted in few full-scale theories that can be taken off the shelf and successfully applied to empirical puzzles. Yet focused "theory frames" that formulate problems and point to relevant causal factors and conditions have produced vibrant, insightful, and analytically oriented empirical research. While theory frames alone cannot offer explanation or prediction, they guide empirical theory formation and give direction to inferences from empirical evidence. They are also responsible for much of the progress in the social sciences. In Usable Theory, distinguished sociologist Dietrich Rueschemeyer shows graduate students and researchers ... Read more
The project of twentieth-century sociology and political science--to create predictive scientific theory--resulted in few full-scale theories that can be taken off the shelf and successfully applied to empirical puzzles. Yet focused "theory frames" that formulate problems and point to relevant causal factors and conditions have produced vibrant, insightful, and analytically oriented empirical research. While theory frames alone cannot offer explanation or prediction, they guide empirical theory formation and give direction to inferences from empirical evidence. They are also responsible for much of the progress in the social sciences. In Usable Theory, distinguished sociologist Dietrich Rueschemeyer shows graduate students and researchers ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691129594
SKU
V9780691129594
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About Dietrich Rueschemeyer
Dietrich Rueschemeyer is professor emeritus of sociology at Brown University and a research professor at Brown's Watson Institute for International Studies. He is the author of "Power and the Division of Labor" and the coeditor of "Bringing the State Back In", among many other books.
Reviews for Usable Theory: Analytic Tools for Social and Political Research
"Rueschemeyer's book is promising as the foundation to produce a literature review and the subsequent drawing of hypotheses... This is valuable to the researcher approaching the field of study for the first time and looking for a basic framework."
Richard Arnold, Teaching Sociology "Drawing on his experience teaching classical and modern theory over several decades, Dietrich Rueschemeyer has written a very ... Read more
Richard Arnold, Teaching Sociology "Drawing on his experience teaching classical and modern theory over several decades, Dietrich Rueschemeyer has written a very ... Read more