Edmonds, David

Big ideas in social science / David Edmonds & Nigel Warburton. - Los Angeles : SAGE, c2016. - viii, 174 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Fields of enquiry. Rome Harré on What is social science -- Toby Miller on Cultural studies -- Lawrence Sherman on Criminology -- Jonathan Haidt on Moral psychology -- Robert J. Shiller on Behavioural economics -- Births, deaths and human population. Sarah Franklin on the Sociology of reproductive technology -- Ann Oakley on Women's experience of childbirth -- Sarah Harper on the Population challenge for the 21st century -- Steven Pinker on Violence and human nature -- Social science through different lenses. Gregory Clark on Names -- Robin Dunbar on Dunbar numbers -- David Goldblatt on the Sociology of football -- Trevor Marchand on Craft -- Bruce Hood on the Supernatural -- Doreen Massey on Space -- Politics and social science. Craig Calhoun on Protest movements -- Danny Dorling on Inequality -- Kate Pickett on the Case for equality.

9781473913806 (pbk) 1473913802 (pbk)

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Social sciences
Social sciences--Philosophy
Social scientists--Great Britain--Interviews.

H61 / Ed5 2016