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Smith, Mark J., 1962-

Social science in question / Mark J. Smith. - viii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - The challenge of the social sciences. . - Challenge of the social sciences. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Social Science as a Situated Practice -- The Story of Science -- The Emergence of the Social Sciences -- Imagination and Complexity in the Social Sciences -- Paradigms, Conventions and Relativism -- Language, Discourse and Culture Rethinking Representation in the Social Sciences -- Situated Knowledges Rethinking Knowledge and Reality.

ISBN: 9780761960416

LCCN: 98061247

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social sciences.

LC Class. No.: H85. / S58 1998

Dewey Class. No.: 300