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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/465217810 Title: The social science jargon buster : the key terms you need to know Author: Zina O'Leary Publisher: Los Angeles : Sage Publications, 2007. ISBN/ISSN: 9781849724470 1849724474 9780857020147 0857020145 9781849203432 1849203431 OCLC:465217810

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The social science jargon buster : the key terms you need to know

Author:	Zina O'Leary
Publisher:	Los Angeles : Sage Publications, 2007.
Series:	Online access: SAGE SAGE Research Methods Core.
Edition/Format:	eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	Helps students new to the social sciences gain a thorough understanding of the key terms. Each entry includes a concise core definition, a more detailed explanation, and an introduction to the associated debates and controversies. In addition, the book includes a useful outline of the practical application of each term, as well as a list of key figures and recommendations for further reading.
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Subjects	Social sciences -- Dictionaries. Social sciences -- Terminology. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Reference. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Electronic books Dictionaries Terminology
Additional Physical Format:	Social science jargon buster. Los Angeles : Sage Publications, ©2007 (CTN)191445760
Material Type:	Document, Internet resource
Document Type:	Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors:	Zina O'Leary Find more information about:
ISBN:	9781849724470 1849724474 9780857020147 0857020145 9781849203432 1849203431
OCLC Number:	465217810
Language Note:	English.
Description:	1 online resource
Contents:	Preface -- Bibliography/Reading List -- A posteriori/a priori -- Action research -- Aesthetics -- Agency -- Alienation -- Anomie -- Authority -- Behaviourism -- (The) Body -- Bureaucracy -- Capital -- Capitalism -- Causation -- Chaos theory -- Class -- Cognitive dissonance -- Collective -- Colonization -- Commodification -- Communism -- Community -- Conflict theory -- Conservatism -- Critical/radical -- Cultural studies -- Culture -- Deconstruction -- Deductive/inductive reasoning -- Democracy -- Determinism -- Developed/developing countries -- Deviant behaviour -- Dialectic -- Dichotomy -- Discourse -- Egalitarianism -- Empiricism -- Epistemology -- Essentialism -- Ethics -- Ethnocentrism -- Ethnography -- Ethnomethodology -- Existentialism -- Fascism -- Feminism -- Functionalism -- Fundamentalism -- Game theory -- Genealogy -- Globalization -- Governance -- Grounded theory -- Hegemony -- Hermeneutics -- Historical materialism -- Historicism -- Humanism -- Human/social ecology -- Hybridity -- Hypothesis/hypothetico-deductive method -- Idealism -- Id/ego/superego -- Identity -- Ideology -- Imperialism -- Individualism -- Industrialization -- Instrumentalism -- Justice -- Knowledge -- Labelling theory -- Labour -- Leadership -- Liberalism -- Marginalization -- Marxism -- Materialism -- McDonaldization -- Metanarratives -- Methodology -- Methods -- Micro/macroeconomics -- Modernism/postmodernism -- Modernity -- Multiculturalism -- Nationalism -- Nominalism -- Norms -- Ontology -- Other -- Paradigm -- Patriarchy -- Pedagogy/critical pedagogy -- Personality -- Phenomenology -- Pluralism -- Positivism -- Post-industrial -- Postmodernity -- Post-positivism -- Power -- Pragmatism -- Praxis -- Prejudice/discrimination -- Protestant ethic -- Qualitative/quantitative -- Rationalism -- Realism -- Reductionism -- Reflexivity -- Reification -- Relativism -- Research credibility (positivist) -- Research credibility (post-positivist) -- Revolution -- Risk society -- Role -- Scientific method -- Secularization -- Self -- Semiotics -- Sexuality -- Social change -- Social constructionism -- Social control -- Social Darwinism -- Social mobility -- Social movements -- Social science research -- Social stratification -- Socialism -- Socialization -- Society -- Sociobiology -- Socioeconomic status -- Sociolinguistics -- Solidarity -- (The) State -- Structuralism/Post-structuralism -- Subject -- Subjectivism -- Symbolic interactionism -- Systems theory -- Technology -- Teleology -- Theory/social theory -- Totalitarianism -- Urbanization -- Utilitarianism. Preface -- Action research -- Aesthetics -- Agency -- Alienation -- Anomie -- A posteriori/a priori -- Authority -- Behaviourism -- (The) body -- Bureaucracy -- Capital -- Capitalism -- Causation -- Chaos theory -- Class -- Cognitive dissonance -- Collective -- Colonization -- Commidification -- Communism -- Community -- Conflict theory -- Conservatism -- Critical/radical -- Cultural studies -- Culture -- Deconstruction -- Deductive/inductive reasoning -- Democracy -- Determinism -- Develop/developing countries -- Deviant behaviour -- Dialectic -- Dichotomy -- Discourse -- Egalitarianism -- Empiricism -- Epistemology -- Essentialism -- Ethics -- Ethnocentrism -- Ethnography -- Ethnomethodology -- Existentialism -- Fascism -- Feminism -- Functionalism -- Fundamentalism -- Game theory -- Genealogy -- Globalization -- Governance -- Grounded theory -- Hegemony -- Hermeneutics -- Historical materialism -- Historicism -- Human/social ecology -- Humanism -- Hybridity -- Hypothesis/hypotetico-deductive method -- 505 00 Id/ego/superego -- Idealism -- Identity -- Ideology -- Imperialism -- Individualism -- Industrialization -- Instrumentalism -- Justice -- Knowledge -- Labelling theory -- Labour -- Leadership -- Liberalism -- Marginalization -- Marxism -- Materialism -- McDonaldization -- Metanarratives -- Methodology -- Methods -- Micro/macroeconomics -- Modernism/postmoderism -- Modernity -- Multiculturalism -- Nationalism -- Nominalism -- Norms -- Ontology -- Other -- Paradigm -- Patriarchy -- Pedagogy/critical pedagogy -- Personality -- Phenomenology -- Pluralism -- Positivism -- Postmodernity -- Post-industrial -- Post-positivism -- Power -- Pragmatism -- Praxis -- Prejudice/discrimination -- Protestant ethic -- Qualitative/quantitative -- Rationalism -- Realism -- Reductionism -- Reflexivity -- Reification -- Relativism -- Research credibility (positivist) -- Research credibility (post-positivist). Revolution -- Risk society -- Role -- Scientific method -- Secularization -- Self -- Semiotics -- Sexuality -- Social change -- Social constructionism -- Social control -- Social Darwinism -- Social mobility -- Social movements -- Social science research -- Social stratification -- Socialism -- Socialization -- Society -- Sociobiology -- Socioeconomic status -- Sociolinguistics -- Solidarity -- (The) state -- Structuralism/post-structuralism -- Subject -- Subjectivism -- Symbolic interactionism -- Systems theory -- Technology -- Teleology -- Theory/social theory -- Totalitarianism -- Urbanization -- Utilitarianism -- Bibliography/reading list -- Index.
Series Title:	Online access: SAGE SAGE Research Methods Core.
Responsibility:	Zina O'Leary.

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Tackling the most confusing concepts in the social sciences, breaking each down and bringing clarity and insight to even the most complex terms, this down-to-earth dictionary will help your students Read more...

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