Sociological Practice: Linking Theory and Social Research

Sociological Practice: Linking Theory and Social Research
ISBN-10
144623682X
ISBN-13
9781446236826
Category
Social Science
Pages
208
Language
English
Published
1998-09-04
Publisher
SAGE
Author
Derek Layder

Description

In this textbook, Derek Layder offers a better understanding of the links between theory and research, and provides an analysis of the relationship between the two. He develops clear usable strategies to encourage theory development in the practical context of social research, and introduces a new approach - adaptive theory - which can be used to generate new theory as well as develop existing theory in conjunction with empirical research. Layder concludes by providing an outline of new rules of sociological method that show how adaptive theory can be put into practice.

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