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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the nature of explanations as given in both natural and social sciences. It discusses models of explanation adopted in natural and social sciences. The author also elaborates upon naturalistic and anti-naturalistic views and other types of explanations such as functional, purposive, etc in social science. The volume elaborates upon themes like bridge principle; functional explanation; purposive explanation; teleological explanation; prediction; methodological individualism; methodological collectivism; illocutionary redescription; principle of action; and dispositional explanations, to understand whether the explanations given in the realm of social sciences are the same or different from the explanations that are given in the field of natural sciences. This introductory book is a must read for students and scholars of philosophy of science, logic, science and technology studies, social sciences, and philosophy in general

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTRIBUTORS -- Preface -- Contents -- PART I EXPLORING ORIENTATIONS -- 1 Interdisciplinary Coordination as a Validity Check: Retrospect and Prospects -- 2 Theory-Oriented Research in Natural Settings: The Best of Both Worlds for Social Psychology -- 3 Theoretical and Substantive Biases in Sociological Research -- 4 Contiguous Problem Analysis: An Approach to Systematic Theories about Social Organization -- 5 Myth and Interrelationship in Social Science: Illustrated Through Anthropology and Sociology -- PART II ILLUSTRATIVE PROBLEM AREAS -- 6 Interdisciplinary Thinking and the Small World Problem -- 7 Biological Basis of Human Warfare: An Interdisciplinary Problem -- 8 The Formation of National Attitudes: A Social-Psychological Perspective -- 9 Phenomenology and Crosscultural Research -- 10 Personality Theory and Social Science -- 11 Growth, Development, and Political Monuments -- PART III PERSPECTIVES ACROSS DISCIPLINES -- 12 The Borderlands of Geography as a Social Science -- 13 Human Geography and Neighboring Disciplines -- 14 Linguistics and the Social Sciences -- 15 Some Relations between Psychiatry and Political Science -- 16 Obstacles to a Rapprochement between History and Sociology: A Sociologist's View -- 17 History and Theory: The Need for Decadence -- PART IV ORGANIZATIONAL RIDDLES -- 18 Observations on Interdisciplinary Work in the Social Sciences -- 19 Ethnocentrism of Disciplines and the Fish-Scale Model of Omniscience -- Name Index -- Subject Index

An introduction to an examination of soc sci periodicals in the following 8 countries: Brazil, France, India, Japan, Mexico, Poland, the UK, & the US. General trends in the world at large are discussed. The quantitative increase in the N of periodicals published between 1951 & 1966 is noted, & a breakdown given by major languages, based on data drawn from the WORLD LIST OF SOCIAL SCIENCE PERIODICALS (latest Ed, UNESCO, Paris, 1966). There follows an analysis of general characteristics which shows: (1) that soc sci periodicals are closely tied to instit'al structures, & reflect their logic; (2) that the N of periodicals published is not necessarily r'ed with diversity of specialization; (3) that the major internat'l languages offer COMM advantages which multiply the N of periodicals appearing in them; (4) that the majority of periodicals are poorly staffed, & that there is yet little regular contact between Ed's & no widespread uniformity in the observance of minimal technical standards; (5) that relations between Ed's & readers are uneasy due to publication arrangements, lack of specificity & poor feedback; (6) that the makeup of journals' presents a certain repetition of classic patterns & reflects a farily high degree of personalization; & (7) that the appearance of new `mediating journals' represents an interesting departure. The internat'l soc sci press is defined, & a surveyed sample analyzed according to the returns of a,7? also used for all the 8-country reports. It is found that these periodicals still occupy a difficult position & are something of a superstructure on the various nat'i presses, though their number has increased rapidly & their future appears promising. A final section focuses on rational COMM in soc sci & puts forward points for discussing the improvement of periodicals as the circulatory system of the professional body, including a critique of ritualism, more attention to staffing & to presentation of data in assimilable form. The text of the survey questionaire is appended. AA.

With contributions by Olaf Struck -- David Stiller -- Helge Döring and Sebastian Kurtenbach -- Ann-Christine Lill, Janis Schneider and Sam Schneider -- Kirsten Hoesch and Gesa Harbig -- Kathrin Weis -- Theresa Köhler and Kerstin Ettl -- Doris Beer -- André Pohlmann -- Katharina Resch, Gertraud Kremsner, Michelle Proyer, Camilla Pellech, Regina Studener-Kuras and Gottfried Biewe.

The notion of control in sociological theory / Lewis A. Coser -- The notion of control in psychological theory / Eugene Burnstein -- The politics of control and the control of politics / Samuel Krislov - Law as a means of social control / Jack P. Gibbs -- Behavior modification and social control / Leonard Krasner -- The emergence of the regulatory society / Richard N. Adams -- Social control and the economy / Ivar Berg -- The American family / Rose Laub Coser -- Information management and mass media / George A. Comstock -- Cultural differentiation, cultural integration, and social control / Diana H. Crane -- Social control and social conflict / Austin T. Turk -- Prospects for control theories and research / Robert F. Meier

Drawing on social science conversations at a lively cafe in Bristol, this highly original book explores the value of public engagement in a wider social science context. The chapters range from themes such as the dialogic character of the social sciences, pragmatism in responses, and the underpinnings of managerial approaches to the restructuring of higher education

This work, sequel to the author's Theories of Civil Violence, attacks questions that have long troubled social science and social scientists - questions of the cumulative nature of social inquiry. Does the knowledge generated by the study of social, political, and economic life grow more comprehensive over time? These questions go to the heart of social scientists' soul-searching as to whether they are indeed engaged in 'science'. The author pursues these questions through in-depth examination of various theoretical programs currently influential in social science, including feminist social science, rational choice theory, network analysis and others