George and andrew bennett, case studies and theory development in the social science cambridge, mass. A users guide, princeton university press, 2006, chapters 1, 2, 3. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read social science concepts. The other required readings will be made available through blackboard. Gary king, robert keohane, and sydney verba, designing social inquiry. Jun 22, 2019 9780691124117 social science concepts a users guide by gary goertz. Leonard weinberg, ami pedahzur, and sivan hirschhoeffler, the. Thr eelevel concepts and concept str uctur es 51 2. This course is divided into four main parts focusing on the following topics. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading social science concepts.
Answers to these exercises except those that are openended and those that i think would be interestingly but have not had yet the time to do may be. Since it is about people, how can it be scientific people arent atoms, gnus, sulfides, earthquakes, or quasars. A clients guide will end up an integral consultant for graduate scholars and students within the social sciences. A users guide explores alternative means of concept construction and their impact on the role of concepts in measurement, case selection, and theories. A users guide provides detailed and practical advice on the construction and use of social science concepts. Comparative case study research ma mandatory elective course. Department of political science mcgill university winter 2015. Ontological concepts and family resemblance str uctur es.
Social science concepts gary goertz free download as pdf file. Key concepts senior social studies social sciences. More broadly, it will appeal to scholars in any field who wish to think more carefully about the concepts used to create theories and research designs. Gary goertz social science concepts a users guide princeton. Cambridge university press, cambridge, second edition, 2012b.
It is a classic text in political science and worth adding to your book collection. Syllabus concepts and method in social science u of o winter. Thomas and others published social science concepts. As examples of concepts in theories we will be revisiting some familiar friends, concepts such as social revolution, welfare state, democracy, and others. In this book, gary goertz lays the foundation for a new approach to social scientific concepts and demonstrates the many benefits that follow from the thoughtful articulation of concepts in social research. Gary goertz social science concepts a users guide world. Arguing that explanatory concepts in social science are essentially constructed from our causal knowledge on how the phenomenon denoted by the concept interacts with. The framework chapter of goertz and mazur 2008 anthology.
Gary goertz in social science concepts, four approaches of integrating. Goertz, gary social science concepts princeton university press, 2006 i also strongly recommend that you buy a copy of the following book, since much of the qualitative methods literature uses it as a reference. It is less clear whether social science concepts should or are based on prototype models of concepts. Arguing that explanatory concepts in social science are essentially constructed from our causal knowledge on how the phenomenon denoted by the concept interacts with other phenomena, goertz. This file provides exercises for the book social science concepts. Gov 385m conceptualization and measurement spring 2009.
Careful work with concepts is a cornerstone of good social science methodology. Gary goertz has provided significant assistance in this regard with. Scientific inference in qualitative research, by gary king, robert o. The course will use the following teaching methodologies. For several units in the course, we will employ various software packages, all of which are. Learning objectives office of behavioral and social. Approaches and methodologies in the social sciences is advertised by its publishers as a revolutionary new textbook and, even though the book aims at describing existing approaches rather than transcending them, it will certainly strike the postgraduate student its first intended. As a matter of the sociology of social science at least in political science and sociology, qualitative. Other related concepts may be relevant to chosen contexts. Key concepts senior social studies social sciences home. Case studies and theory development in the social sciences.
A users guide explores alternative means of concept construction and their impact on the role. The language of social science contains many concepts that have become stabilized, naturalized, or neutralized in ways that obscure from view their histories of contingency and contestation. Users are not permitted to mount this file on any network servers. Course syllabus qualitative methods and research design instructor.
These concepts appear as key independent and dependent variables in major social theories. A users guide will prove an indispensable guide for graduate students and scholars in the social sciences. Van evera, guide to methods for students of political science cornell. Mit press, 2005 john gerring, social science methodology. Choose from 500 different sets of concepts of social science flashcards on quizlet. While previous chapters have analyzed these concepts in isolation, it is useful to see how these core concepts of politics science and sociology appear when. Keohane, and sidney verba, designing social inquiry. Lecture outline lecture 1 inferences about causal effects and causal mechanisms. He is one of the very few scholars who regularly crosses the. The common characteristics and behaviours associated with a group. Social science concepts gary goertz social sciences qualitative. Introduction to the symposium tim buthe 40 a spark for the political imagination lahra smith 43 schaffers elucidating social science concepts. In particular, they advocate techniques derived from set theory as the basis for qualitative work.
Empirical research methods and the interpretive turn. They equate logic 1 the definition in the glossary of my social science concepts sartori 1984. While there exists a plethora of books on measurement, scaling, and the like, there are virtually no books devoted to the construction and analysis of concepts and their. Learn concepts of social science with free interactive flashcards. Princeton university press, 2005 gary king, robert keohane, and sidney verba, designing social inquiry. Chapter 1 key concepts in the social sciences 3 of a godcreated world. The second, more complex, story stresses the connection and interdependence between humans, plants, animals, and their shared environment, while the third and most recent story posits human beings as biological entities that emerged. However, while gender scholars have identified the analytical gaps in existing social science concepts, few have systematically mapped out a gendered approach to issues in political analysis and theory development. Understand the nature and scope of a controversy in the philosophy of the social sciences regarding the causal explanation of types of human conduct.
Gary goertz, social science concepts princeton, nj. Concepts lie at the core of social science theory and methodology. Concepts and method in social science demonstrates the crucial role of concepts, providing a timely contribution that draws both on the classic contributions of giovanni sartori and the writing of. The logical forms used to construct multilevel concepts also apply to the construction of theories using basiclevel concepts. Gary goertzs social science concepts, a users guide pdf. Approaches and methodologies in the social sciences. Featuring new content, articles, pedagogy, references, and expanded coverage of ethics throughout, the fourth edition is an ideal introduction to the theories, strategies, and practices of qualitative inquiry. Oslo summer school in comparative social science studies 2019. However, while gender scholars have identified the analytical gaps in existing social science concepts, few have systematically mapped out a gendered approach to issues in.
This document provides a list of substantive errata for the book. Course syllabus qualitative methods and research design. Combining qualitative and quantitative tools, cambridge, 2016 gary goertz, social science concepts. Thus, you should not see socialscientific literature as something containing an ultimate truth. A central claim in this noteworthy book is that qualitative research is and should be based on set theory. Oslo summer school for social sciences 2020 faculty of. The first part of the course will focus on the philosophy of science, the field of international relations, and general principles of theory, concepts and research design. Concepts play an important role in the social sciences both as part of theories and to. C ausal relationship betw een indicator and secondar y level. A critique of concepts has been central to feminist scholarship since its inception.
Social science concepts, a users guide pdf free download. In the oxford handbook of political methodology, ed. The role of concepts in social science govert valkenburg. Charles ragin, university of arizona at tucson, author of fuzzyset social science. Scientific inference in qualitative research princeton. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. It uses a wide range of examples from political science and sociology such as revolution, welfare state, international disputes and war, and democracy to illustrate the theoretical and practical issues of concept construction and use. This paradox has arisen in part from the deep differences between quantitative and qualitative scholars. Gerring, social sci ence methodology at 112 cited in note 5. Notes of a conceptualist in the field gary goertz 47 commanding a clear view. That is, they use different conceptions of the concepts. A menu of qualitative and quantitative options, political research quarterly, 2008. The social sciences study human beings their behavior, societies, cultures in all their variety, across time and space.
S ocial science c oncepts university of notre dame. While there exists a concepts lie at the core of social science theory and methodology. Gary goertz is at the forefront of a number of important methodological debates. A users guide, authorgary goertz, year2005 gary goertz published 2005 computer science list of tables vii list of figures ix acknowledgments xi chapter one. In this session, you will first learn to use foucauldian genealogy to denaturalize the natural, destabilize the stable, and thus make space for new ways of.
This lecture addresses the philosophy of science issues relevant to case study. The cause or effect of human actions and interactions, which may be positive or negative, short term or long term. Social science concepts princeton university press. A criterial framework for understanding concept formation in the social sciences, polity vol. Concepts and method in social science demonstrates the crucial role of concepts, providing a timely contribution that draws both on the classic work of giovanni sartori and the writing of a younger generation of scholars in this volume, major writings of sartori are. Set theoretical concept formation and formalization. Politics, gender, and concepts isbn 9780521897761 pdf epub. The secondmost important point is that literature in social science is to be understood as a debate, and the debate can largely be summarized as how different authors use concepts differently. An interdependent collection of communities or cultures. For example, the concept of a bird is based on prototypical birds, e. It uses a wide range of examples from political science and sociology such as revolution, welfare state, international disputes and war, and democracy to illustrate the.
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