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" Theory and progress in social science / "
James B. Rule.
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BL
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631052
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Rule, James B.,1943-
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Theory and progress in social science /\ James B. Rule.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 1997.
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xiv, 257 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm.
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0521573653 (hardback)
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: 9780521573658 (hardback)
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: 0521574943 (pbk.)
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: 9780521574945 (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-251) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: Progress: Formal and substantive -- 1. Dilemmas of intellectual progress -- 2. The reckoning of progress -- 3. Rational choice -- 4. From Parsons to Alexander: Closure through theoretical generality -- 5. Network analysis -- 6. Feminist analysis in social science / James Rule and Leslie Irvine -- 7. Theory as expression -- 8. Theory for coping -- 9. Summary and conclusions.
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Social sciences.
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Progress.
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Rational choice theory.
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Feminist theory.
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H61.R76 1997
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