Reinventing Evidence in Social Inquiry by R Biernacki
Revisiting the dominant scientific method, 'coding,' with which investigators from sociology to literary criticism have sampled texts and catalogued their cultural messages, the author demonstrates that the celebrated hard outputs rest on misleading samples and on unfeasible classifying of the texts' meanings.-
Meanings of Life in Contemporary Ireland
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Protest
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Culture and Creativity
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Post-Transformation and the Civil Sphere in Central and Eastern Europe
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Semantics of Violence
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The Cultural Sociology of Reading
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The Greek Crisis and Its Cultural Origins
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Memory, Trauma, and Identity
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Finding Gallipoli
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The Cultural Sociology of Art and Music
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The Ponytail
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The Culture of Markets
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Seeking Authenticity in Place, Culture, and the Self
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Politics of Meaning/Meaning of Politics
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Out of Character
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Central Bank Independence
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Global Injustice Symbols and Social Movements
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Dramatic Intellectuals
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Boxing, the Gym, and Men
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Angry Abolitionists and the Rhetoric of Slavery
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A Performative Feel for the Game
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The Courage for Civil Repair
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Science under Siege
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Sociology as a Human Science
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Whites Recall the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham
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Contemporary Journalism in the US and Germany
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Performing Punk
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Constructing Irish National Identity
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The Diocese's Darkest Chapter
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Liberal Barbarism
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The Cultural Trauma of Decolonization
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A Cultural Sociology of Anglican Mission and the Indian Residential Schools in Canada
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The Boundaries of Belonging
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Interpreting Clifford Geertz
"Reinventing Evidence in Social Inquiry throws serious grit into the knowledge-making machinery of much modern sociologyIt is an invitation to sociologists to stop and pause, to take a closer look at some of their methodological routines, and to re-assess the confidence with which they view their findings. Biernacki's criticisms are meticulously assembled, and they cannot be ignored." - Steven Shapin, Franklin L. Ford Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University
"This is an exemplary work of serious criticism that should spark fruitful debate about the use of formal methods in cultural analysis." - Rogers Brubaker, professor of Sociology and Foundation Chair, UCLA
"Reinventing Evidence is an immensely serious book that should be read by anyone involved in the business of sociology." - European Journal of Sociology
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| ISBN 13 | 9781137007261 |
| ISBN 10 | 1137007265 |
| Title | Reinventing Evidence in Social Inquiry |
| Author | R Biernacki |
| Series | Cultural Sociology |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Year published | 2012-08-08 |
| Number of pages | 199 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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