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1. The relation of theory and method: causal relatedness, historical contingency and beyond.

Author

Layder, Derek

Subjects
*FUNCTIONALISM (Social sciences), *SOCIOLOGY, *WAR, *ETHNOLOGY, *SOCIAL sciences
Abstract

This paper critically scrutinizes the thesis put forward by Jennifer Platt in a recent article in The Sociological Review about the general relation between theory and method, based on her investigation of the specific example of functionalism and survey research in post-war US sociology. The present paper questions the extent to which Platt's analysis and general conclusions mask important levels of connectedness between theory and method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
1988
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