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Edmonds, David

Big Ideas in Social Science - London Sage Publications Ltd 2016 - 174p

Part I: Fields of Enquiry
1. Rom Harre on What is Social Science
2. Toby Miller on Cultural Studies
3. Lawrence Sherman on Criminology
4. Jonathan Haidt on Moral Psychology
5. Robert J. Shiller on Behavioural Economics

Part II: Births, Deaths and Human Population
6. Sarah Franklin on the Sociology of Reproductive Technology
7. Ann Oakley on Women's Experience of Childbirth
8. Sarah Harper on the Population Challenge for the 21st Century
9. Steven Pinker on Violence and Human Nature

Part III: Social Science Through Different Lenses
10. Gregory Clark on Names
11. Robin Dunbar on Dunbar Numbers
12. David Goldblatt on the Sociology of Football
13. Trevor Marchand on Craft
14. Bruce Hood on the Supernatural
15. Doreen Massey on Space

Part IV: Politics and Social Science
16. Craig Calhoun on Protest Movements
17. Danny Dorling on Inequality
18. Kate Pickett on the Case for Equality

ISBN: 9781473913806

Subjects--Personal Names:
Social Sciences - Philosophy
Social Scientists - Great Britain - Interviews

Dewey Class. No.: 300.1 / EDM