| When Marxists Do Research Contributor(s): Vaillancourt, Pauline (Author) |
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ISBN: 031324703X ISBN-13: 9780313247033 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $64.35 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 1986 Annotation: Professor Vaillancourt has written an unique introductory volume designed to assist non-Marxist scholars and students to understand and evaluate Marxist inquiry. In clear, straightforward language, the author identifies and examines the research of four of the most important contemporary Marxist currents--structuralists, philosophics, materialists, and deductivists. Marxist research-relevant assumptions about epistemology, methodology, and science are scrutinized along with how each of the various Marxist groups goes about conducting research in terms of contemporary social science norms. Examples are offered of how the respective groups' epistemology and methodological assumptions influence their choice of a research strategy and its associated research techniques. The value and utility of the results of Marxist inquiry for defending knowledge claims and producing reasoned policy are also explained. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Research - Political Science - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 300.72 |
| Lexile Measure: 1360 |
| Series: Contributions in Political Science |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.90 lbs) 222 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Professor Vaillancourt has written an unique introductory volume designed to assist non-Marxist scholars and students to understand and evaluate Marxist inquiry. In clear, straightforward language, the author identifies and examines the research of four of the most important contemporary Marxist currents--structuralists, philosophics, materialists, and deductivists. Marxist research-relevant assumptions about epistemology, methodology, and science are scrutinized along with how each of the various Marxist groups goes about conducting research in terms of contemporary social science norms. Examples are offered of how the respective groups' epistemology and methodological assumptions influence their choice of a research strategy and its associated research techniques. The value and utility of the results of Marxist inquiry for defending knowledge claims and producing reasoned policy are also explained. |