The Book Depository Making Social Science Matter by Bent Flyvbjerg
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Description: Making Social Science Matter : Paperback : Cambridge University Press : 9780521775687 : 052177568X : 22 Mar 2019 : Making Social Science Matter presents an exciting new approach to social and behavioral science, including theoretical argument, methodological guidelines, and practical examples. Bent Flyvbjerg shows why social science fails to emulate natural science. He then identifies the strength of social science in its rich, reflexive analysis of values and power. The Book Depository Making Social Science Matter by Bent Flyvbjerg - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Author: Jonathan Talbot
Rating: 5
Review: This is a great book for those of us who think social science research produces very little of real interest. As a first year sociology student many years ago l based my first essay around something l had read on the back of a matchbox: “Sociology: The study of people who don’t need it by those who don’t”. At the time I argued that sociology, like other social sciences told us lots of things. Nowadays l am inclined to agree with the matchbox so it is very refreshing to find an author willing to take an axe to the Academy. My only point of departure is that Flyvberg is still defending the hegemony of universal knowledge as the serious object of study. I would argue for a more heterodox approach which is prepared to admit the validity of situated knowledge for immediate action (praxis) and not just phronesis.
Author: Moglet
Rating: 1
Review: I only go this book as it is set reading for my Masters degree. Good luck to anyone who reads this - it is truly awful and one of the most difficult books I have ever had the mis-fortune to read!