Tag: Social science
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Beyond Hayek: Can Social Science Understand Dispersed Knowledge?
Few schools of thought have been as influential in contemporary debates about markets, planning, and the role of the state as the Austrian School of Economics. Thinkers such as Carl Menger, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, and Israel Kirzner developed a powerful critique of central planning that continues to shape discussions about public policy, economic…
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The new production of knowledge: The dynamics of science and research in contemporary societies
In this provocative and broad-ranging work, the authors argue that the ways in which knowledge – scientific, social and cultural – is produced are undergoing fundamental changes at the end of the twentieth century. They claim that these changes mark a distinct shift into a new mode of knowledge production which is replacing or reforming…
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Re-Thinking Science: Knowledge and the Public in an Age of Uncertainty
“Re-Thinking Science” presents an account of the dynamic relationship between society and science. Despite the mounting evidence of a much closer, interactive relationship between society and science, current debate still seems to turn on the need to maintain a ‘line’ to demarcate them. The view persists that there is a one-way communication flow from science…
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“There is no such thing as economic science. There are social sciences” #piketty #income #wealth #distribution
Thomas ‪Piketty‬: “There is no such thing as economic science. There are social sciences, economic processes involved social control… We should teach ‪economics‬ much more in conjunction with economic‪ ‎history‬, social history, political history, political science. It’s just impossible to study issues such as dynamics of ‪income‬ and ‪wealth‬, distribution‬ in a purely economic manner.…
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The meaning of qualitative methods
Throwing an eye over the definition provided by oxford dictionary will make easier to understand the meaning of the term qualitative method. The word “method” refers to “a particular procedure for accomplishing or approaching something, especially a systematic or established one”. On the other hand, if we claim the same source for the word qualitative…
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Qualitative evaluation of research proposals. Part 1
Apart from a more quantitative evaluation of the research proposals in the previous post What is the most common weakness in formulating a research proposal in this and in the next post you will find a more qualitative examination divided into the next points: 1. Lack of connection with theory. 2. Writing style 3. Person…