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Methods for Social Theory : Analytical Tools for Theorizing and Writing.

Av: Medverkande: Materialtyp: TextUtgivningsuppgift: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2016Datum för upphovsrätt: ©2017Utgåva: 1st edBeskrivning: 1 online resource (185 pages)Innehållstyp:
  • text
Medietyp:
  • computer
Bärartyp:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317097006
Ämnen: Genre/form: DDK-klassifikation:
  • 300.1
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Innehåll:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Theorizing and writing social theory -- Social theory -- Theorizing -- Writing -- Writing in the research process -- Writing in the reporting process -- Outline of the book -- References -- Part I Tools for theorizing in social science -- Graphic representations -- Displays and property spaces as preliminary endpoints -- References -- 2 Basics of displays -- What is a display? -- Building blocks of displays -- Putting a display together -- Summary -- References -- 3 The use of displays in theorizing -- Theorizing by extending -- Theorizing by mapping interaction -- Stepwise theorizing -- Summary -- References -- 4 Basics of property spaces -- Constructing a property space -- Hidden property spaces -- Housekeeping -- Labelling the types: terms -- Developing existing terminology -- Summary -- References -- 5 Reduction of property spaces in theorizing -- Rescaling -- Indexing -- Logic reduction -- Empirical reduction -- Theoretical reduction -- Pragmatic reduction -- Summary -- References -- 6 Expansion of property spaces in theorizing -- Substruction -- More properties of existing dimensions -- More dimensions -- Combining property spaces -- Inserting process arrows -- Creating scales -- Summary -- References -- Part II Tools for writing social science -- References -- 7 The Model of Argumentation: chain of reasoning, chains of argument and arguments -- The rhetorical situation -- Purpose -- Persona -- Audience -- Tone -- The subject matter -- The model -- Summary -- References -- 8 Examples of using the Model of Argumentation -- The process of writing a social science text: an example -- The (preliminarily) finished structure of a text: an example.
The structure of Chapter 4, 'Basics of property spaces' -- Constructing a property space -- Housekeeping -- Moving the model down one level -- Summary -- References -- 9 Theorizing and writing -- Research process and reporting process -- Displays -- Property spaces -- Writing -- Summary -- References -- Appendix: from Bergman, Ann, Jan Ch. Karlsson and Jonas Axelsson (2010) 'Truth Claims and Explanatory Claims - an Ontological Typology of Futures Studies', Futures, 42(8): 857-65 -- Index.
Sammanfattning: This book constitutes a practical guide to the important skills of both theorizing and writing in social scientific scholarship, focusing on the importance of identifying relations between concepts that are useful for explaining social entities and of producing a text that convincingly advances the theory that has been constructed. Richly illustrated with practical examples, the book is divided into two sections, the first of which presents techniques for theorizing based upon the connection of ideas, concepts and empirical patterns in both free and systematic ways, with the second section providing techniques for structuring and presenting arguments in essays, papers, articles or books.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Theorizing and writing social theory -- Social theory -- Theorizing -- Writing -- Writing in the research process -- Writing in the reporting process -- Outline of the book -- References -- Part I Tools for theorizing in social science -- Graphic representations -- Displays and property spaces as preliminary endpoints -- References -- 2 Basics of displays -- What is a display? -- Building blocks of displays -- Putting a display together -- Summary -- References -- 3 The use of displays in theorizing -- Theorizing by extending -- Theorizing by mapping interaction -- Stepwise theorizing -- Summary -- References -- 4 Basics of property spaces -- Constructing a property space -- Hidden property spaces -- Housekeeping -- Labelling the types: terms -- Developing existing terminology -- Summary -- References -- 5 Reduction of property spaces in theorizing -- Rescaling -- Indexing -- Logic reduction -- Empirical reduction -- Theoretical reduction -- Pragmatic reduction -- Summary -- References -- 6 Expansion of property spaces in theorizing -- Substruction -- More properties of existing dimensions -- More dimensions -- Combining property spaces -- Inserting process arrows -- Creating scales -- Summary -- References -- Part II Tools for writing social science -- References -- 7 The Model of Argumentation: chain of reasoning, chains of argument and arguments -- The rhetorical situation -- Purpose -- Persona -- Audience -- Tone -- The subject matter -- The model -- Summary -- References -- 8 Examples of using the Model of Argumentation -- The process of writing a social science text: an example -- The (preliminarily) finished structure of a text: an example.

The structure of Chapter 4, 'Basics of property spaces' -- Constructing a property space -- Housekeeping -- Moving the model down one level -- Summary -- References -- 9 Theorizing and writing -- Research process and reporting process -- Displays -- Property spaces -- Writing -- Summary -- References -- Appendix: from Bergman, Ann, Jan Ch. Karlsson and Jonas Axelsson (2010) 'Truth Claims and Explanatory Claims - an Ontological Typology of Futures Studies', Futures, 42(8): 857-65 -- Index.

This book constitutes a practical guide to the important skills of both theorizing and writing in social scientific scholarship, focusing on the importance of identifying relations between concepts that are useful for explaining social entities and of producing a text that convincingly advances the theory that has been constructed. Richly illustrated with practical examples, the book is divided into two sections, the first of which presents techniques for theorizing based upon the connection of ideas, concepts and empirical patterns in both free and systematic ways, with the second section providing techniques for structuring and presenting arguments in essays, papers, articles or books.

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