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100	1		_aHammersley, Martyn _942542
245	1	4	_aThe limits of social science : _bcasual explanation and value revelance / _cMartyn Hammersley
300			_a178 p. ; _c25 cm.
520			_aThis 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.
520			_aWhat forms of knowledge can social science claim to produce? Does it employ causal analysis, and if so what does this entail? What role should values play in the work of social scientists? These are the questions addressed in this book. They are closely interrelated, and the answers offered here challenge many currently prevailing assumptions. They carry implications both for research practice, quantitative or qualitative, and for the public claims that social scientists make about the value of their work. The arguments underpinning this challenge to conventional wisdom are laid out in detail in the first half of the book. In later chapters their implications are explored for two substantive areas of intrinsic importance: the study of social mobility and educational inequalities; and explanations for urban riots, notably those that took place in London and other English cities in the summer of 2011.
650		7	_aSocial sciences _xResearch _96279
650		7	_aSocial sciences _xPhilosophy _92077
650		7	_aCausation _940568
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