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After Method
Mess in Social Science Research
Taschenbuch von John Law
Sprache: Englisch

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John Law argues that methods don't just describe social realities but are also involved in creating them. The implications of this argument are highly significant. If this is the case, methods are always political, and it raises the question of what kinds of social realities we want to create.

Most current methods look for clarity and precision. It is usually said that only poor research produces messy findings, and the idea that things in the world might be fluid, elusive, or multiple is unthinkable. Law's startling argument is that this is wrong and it is time for a new approach. Many realities, he says, are vague and ephemeral. If methods want to know and help to shape the world, then they need to reinvent themselves and their politics to deal with mess. That is the challenge. Nothing less will do.
John Law argues that methods don't just describe social realities but are also involved in creating them. The implications of this argument are highly significant. If this is the case, methods are always political, and it raises the question of what kinds of social realities we want to create.

Most current methods look for clarity and precision. It is usually said that only poor research produces messy findings, and the idea that things in the world might be fluid, elusive, or multiple is unthinkable. Law's startling argument is that this is wrong and it is time for a new approach. Many realities, he says, are vague and ephemeral. If methods want to know and help to shape the world, then they need to reinvent themselves and their politics to deal with mess. That is the challenge. Nothing less will do.
Über den Autor

John Law is Professor of Sociology and STS (Science and Technology Studies) at Lancaster University. He has written widely on the sociology of science and technology, organisation, health-care, disasters, and social theory and methods, where his continuing concern has been with the materiality and spatiality of complexity.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Scientific Practices 3. Multiple Worlds 4. Fluid Results 5. Elusive Objects 6. Non-Conventional Forms 7. Ontological Politics 8. Answers and Questions Glossary References

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Fachbereich: Didaktik/Methodik/Schulpädagogik/Fachdidaktik
Genre: Erziehung & Bildung
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780415341752
ISBN-10: 0415341752
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Law, John
Hersteller: Routledge
Maße: 234 x 156 x 11 mm
Von/Mit: John Law
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.08.2004
Gewicht: 0,313 kg
Artikel-ID: 121568332
Über den Autor

John Law is Professor of Sociology and STS (Science and Technology Studies) at Lancaster University. He has written widely on the sociology of science and technology, organisation, health-care, disasters, and social theory and methods, where his continuing concern has been with the materiality and spatiality of complexity.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Scientific Practices 3. Multiple Worlds 4. Fluid Results 5. Elusive Objects 6. Non-Conventional Forms 7. Ontological Politics 8. Answers and Questions Glossary References

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Fachbereich: Didaktik/Methodik/Schulpädagogik/Fachdidaktik
Genre: Erziehung & Bildung
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780415341752
ISBN-10: 0415341752
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Law, John
Hersteller: Routledge
Maße: 234 x 156 x 11 mm
Von/Mit: John Law
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.08.2004
Gewicht: 0,313 kg
Artikel-ID: 121568332
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