Elucidating Social Science Concepts
Elucidating Social Science Concepts Concepts have always been foundational to the social science enterprise. Against the positivist project of concept "reconstruction"--the formulation of a…
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Elucidating Social Science Concepts
Concepts have always been foundational to the social science enterprise. Against the positivist project of concept "reconstruction"--the formulation of a technical, purportedly neutral vocabulary for measuring, comparing, and generalizing--Schaffer adopts an interpretivist approach that he calls "elucidation." Elucidation includes both a reflexive examination of social science technical language and an investigation into the language of daily life. This book is a guide to working with them.
After an initial chapter explaining what elucidation is and how it differs from reconstruction, the book lays out practical elucidative strategies--grounding, locating, and exposing--that help situate concepts in particular language It is intended to produce a clear view of both types of language, the relationship between them, and the practices of life and power that they evoke and sustain.
Social Science
Social Science Research
Interpretive Social Science
Science of Social Influence
Probability and Social Science