TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hammersley,Martyn
TI  - The Limits of Social Science: Causal Explanation and Value Relevance
SN  - 9781473906334
AV  - H62 -- .H36 2014eb 
U1  - 300.941 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London
PB  - SAGE Publications, Limited
KW  - Social sciences -- Research
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Causation and qualitative inquiry -- The problem of explanation in social science: a Weberian solution? -- On the role of values in social research -- From facts to value judgments? A critique of critical realism -- Can social science tell us whether a society is meritocratic? A Weberian critique -- We didn't predict a riot! On the public contribution of social science -- Epilogue
N2  - This book engages with key intellectual challenges facing social science today, at a time when it is under considerable pressure to demonstrate its value. It addresses questions that carry implications for research practice, quantitative or qualitative, by making use of contemporary examples, such as the London riots
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ER  -