On Sociology
- ISBN-10
- 0804749981
- ISBN-13
- 9780804749985
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 295
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Author
- John H. Goldthorpe
Description
Looking to unify increasingly disparate areas of theory and research, John Goldthorpe presents a new mainstream, combining the demonstrated strengths of large-scale quantitative research and the explanatory power of social action theory.
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