New approach demonstrating how social science can be successful, focusing on context, values, and power.
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'This is social science that matters.' Pierre Bourdieu
'This is a book I have been waiting for for a long time. It opens up entirely new perspectives for social science by showing us that abandoning the aspiration to be like natural science is the beginning of wisdom about what we can and ought to be doing instead. It is a landmark book that deserves the widest possible reading and discussion.' Robert Bellah, Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley
'This brilliant contextualization of social inquiry, hinging on both Aristotle and Foucault, gives new meaning to the concept of praxis. It will be of interest to everyone concerned with making democracy work.' Ed Soja, School of Public Policy, University of California, Los Angeles
'... suggestive and well written'. Science
'As a practical guide to newcomers to the social sciences, or as a corrective to those who think that more and better 'objective' research will automatically turn social science into a clone of natural science, Bent Flyvbjerg's book is useful.' Harry Collins, The Times Higher Education Supplement
'Flyvbjerg's book re-thinks social science in a fasinating way; a way that demands a debate on how social science endeavours are supported, understood and used by society.' Environmental Politics
'Flyvbjerg's work on phronesis is valuable ...'. International Planning Studies
'... this timely and challenging book'. European Journal of Communication
'Flyvbjerg's book is important and I would recommend it to all researchers of urban affairs. Making Social Science Matter is an important milestone in the discussion of how social science research might be undertaken and 'matter'. Flyvbjerg's discussion opens out for debate many of the key issues regarding research with social implications. This book is likely to remain a key reference for some time.' Urban Studies
INNOVATIVE: shows a new way for social science.
COMPREHENSIVE: includes both theory and methodology.
CONSTRUCTIVE: demonstrates how social science can succeed by focusing on context, the particular, values, and power.
PRACTICAL: provides hands-on examples of practical application.
RELEVANT: is used across the social and behavioral sciences, from politics and sociology to planning and management to nursing and psychology.
FOR COURSES IN: introduction to the social and behavioral sciences, social science research methods, philosophy of (social) science.
AT THE LEVEL OF: advanced undergraduate students and up.
16 PRINTINGS (English and Danish editions): makes this book an unparalleled bestseller in its field.
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