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The Political Sciences Routledge Library Editions: Political Science vol 46: General Principles of Selection in Social Science and History (Volume 46)
The Political Sciences Routledge Library Editions Political Science vol 46 General Principles of Selection in Social Science and History - Volume 46 Author:Hugh Stretton Social science is a social activity as well as a method of discovery. The researchers? values and politics colour their work and so do their choices of scientific method. This book is about both ? the technical effects of values and the political effects of technique. The author reports what social scientists and historians actually do. He sorts... more » out the scientific from the political content in a wide range of old and new work in history, sociology, political science and economics. The overall work is a detailed political and technical criticism of the ?scientistic? programme which would have researchers select for such qualities as objectivity, uniformity, and generality, cumulation and professional unanimity.« less