Social science methodology: A unified framework
Social science methodology: A unified framework
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社会科学方法论：统一框架
DOI：
10.1057/ap.2012.17
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发表时间：
2012
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影响因子：
1.2
通讯作者：
Kostas Gemenis
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作者：
A. Dassen;Kostas Gemenis
社会科学方法论是成功的第一版（副标题：“标准框架”）的彻底重写的新版本。在介绍性章节中，杰林向读者介绍了社会科学中的认识论和方法论多元化问题，并提出了他对统一框架的看法，该框架由分别与假设提出、描述和因果关系相关的三个不同任务组成。在每个主题中，Gerring 重新审视了上一版本的“标准”方法，其中每个主题的处理都与一组定义最佳实践的标准相关联。因此，本书是根据这些任务来组织的，这些任务对应于标记为“一般”、“描述”和“因果关系”的三个不同部分。在一般部分，本书从发现和评估的概念开始，它们指导探究的逻辑，然后是一套假设制定的标准。本节的其余部分致力于围绕整个社会科学分析的标准，即准确性、抽样、累积和理论拟合。在这方面，杰林对重复性和透明度的关注作为社会科学分析最佳实践的标准特别受欢迎。下一节重点讨论作者所标记的“描述”，尽管大多数重点放在其他书籍所标记的“测量”上。本节从概念形成问题开始，杰林在这个领域做出了很多原创性的工作。在这种情况下，标准附有概念化策略的调查，可以帮助读者将理论付诸实践。本节的下一章专门讨论杰林所说的“纯粹描述”，这是社会研究中长期被放弃的（有利于因果分析）方面，他引导读者了解构建类型学的逻辑。本节最后一章包括对衡量策略的有用讨论以及衡量腐败的广泛示例。
Social Science Methodology is the new thoroughly rewritten version of the successful first edition (subtitled: ‘A Criterial Framework’). In the introductory chapter, Gerring introduces the reader to the issue of epistemological and methodological pluralism in the social sciences and presents his view of a unified framework, which consists of three distinct tasks associated with, respectively, hypothesis formulation, description and causation. Within each of these, Gerring revisits his ‘criterial’ approach of the previous edition where the treatment of each topic is associated with a set of criteria that define the best practice. The book is therefore organized according to these tasks, which correspond to three distinct sections labeled ‘general’, ‘description’ and ‘causation’. In the general section, the book starts with the notions of discovery and appraisal, which guide the logic of inquiry and continues with a set of criteria for hypothesis formulation. The rest of the section is dedicated to the criteria surrounding social science analyses as a whole, namely, accuracy, sampling, cumulation and theoretical fit. In this respect, Gerring’s focus on replication and transparency as criteria for best practice in social science analysis is particularly welcome. The next section focuses on what the author labels ‘description’, although most emphasis is placed on what other books label as ‘measurement’. The section begins with the issue of concept formation, an area in which Gerring has contributed much original work. In this case, the criteria are accompanied with a survey of strategies for conceptualization that could help the reader put the theory in practice. The following chapter in this section is dedicated to what Gerring calls ‘mere description’, a long-abandoned (in favor of causal analysis) aspect of social research where he guides the reader through the logic of constructing typologies. The section closes with a chapter that includes a useful discussion of strategies for measurement as well as an extensive example on measuring corruption.