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  • The Ethnomethodologists (Routledge Revivals)

    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1986, this work examines how key figures such as Garfinkel, Sacks and Cicourel have revolutionised thinking about how sociology's presuppositions about 'being social' are grounded. Yet until the appearance of this book there were no clear and authoritative introductions to the main thinkers in the field or their work. In assessing the critical reception of Ethnomethodology, ... Read more

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  • Philosophy and the Human Sciences

    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Students of the human sciences – economics, sociology, politics, anthropology, psychology – frequently encounter the names and distinctive theories of philosophers. It is none the less difficult to judge the contribution of such philosophers without a training in philosophy. First published in 1986, Philosophy and the Human Sciences is designed to bridge that gap in understanding by introducing ... Read more

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  • The Philosophy of Social Research

    Series series Longman Social Research Series
    This fully revised, updated and extended edition of a successful text, introduces some of the important philosophical issues arising from social research practices and historical research in the social sciences. Since its initial publication the field of social research and philosophy has been widely debated, and this expanded version incorporates the most recent discussion and theories. In this ... Read more

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  • Perspectives in Sociology

    From its first edition in 1979, Perspectives in Sociology has provided generations of undergraduates with a clear, reassuring introduction to the complications of sociological theory. This revised and updated edition features:a completely rewritten general introduction and conclusion;all-new introductions to each part, clarifying how each one builds on what came before;an updated set of formative ... Read more

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  • Applied Sociological Perspectives

    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1984 Applied Sociological Perspectives is an introductory guide to the major substantive topics in sociology, specifically designed to be used alongside a theory-centred text such as Perspectives in Sociology.For many students with no previous experience of sociological thought or practice the relationship between theoretical debates and substantive areas is obscure. The ... Read more

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  • Action at a Distance

    Studies in the Practicalities of Executive Management

    Series series Philosophy and Method in the Social Sciences
    This book examines the nature of work and management, centring on documents as a class of management objects which have been relatively understudied in ethnomethodological research. Treating documents and similar artefacts as ordering devices, the authors describe consociation – the social organisation of patterns of coordinated action in situations where the usual resources of face to face ... Read more

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    This book provides students with a concise introduction to the philosophy of methodology. The book stands apart from existing methodology texts by clarifying in a student-friendly and engaging way distinctions between philosophical positions, paradigms of inquiry, methodology and methods. Building an understanding of the relationships and distinctions between philosophical positions and paradigms ... Read more

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  • Philosophies of Qualitative Research

    Series series Understanding Qualitative Research
    In Philosophies of Qualitative Research, Svend Brinkmann explores the different philosophical paradigms and ideas that influence qualitative research today. Adopting a historical perspective, the book shows readers exactly how philosophical ideas have evolved and influenced qualitative research in both the past and present. Today, qualitative researchers tend to report on their philosophical ... Read more

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  • New Rules of Sociological Method

    A Positive Critique of Interpretative Sociologies

    This is a new and revised edition of a book which has already established itself as a basic text in social theory.The first section of the work provides a concise critical analysis of some leading schools of thought in social philosophy, giving particular attention to phenomenology, ethnomethodology and Wittgensteinian thought. Giddens concentrates primarily upon the implications of these various ... Read more

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  • A Companion to Relativism

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    Series series Wiley Companions to Philosophy
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  • Deleuze and Psychology

    Philosophical Provocations to Psychological Practices

    Series series Concepts for Critical Psychology
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