John Goldthorpe is one of Britain's most eminent sociologists and a
strong advocate of quantitative sociology. In this concise and
accessible book, he provides a new rationale for recent developments
in sociology which focus on establishing and explaining probabilistic
regularities in human populations. Through these developments,
Goldthorpe shows how sociology has become more securely placed within
the 'probabilistic revolution' that has occurred over the last century
in the natural and social sciences alike. The central arguments of the
book are illustrated with examples from different areas of sociology,
ranging from social stratification and the sociology of the family to
the sociology of revolutions. He concludes by considering the
implications of these arguments for the proper boundaries of
sociology, for its relations with other disciplines, and for its
public role.
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ISBN
9781316430484
Publisert
2015
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Cambridge University Press
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Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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