Pioneers of Sociological Science: Statistical Foundations and the Theory of Action (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108927833)

Goldthorpe reveals the genealogy of present-day sociological science through studies of the key contributions made by seventeen pioneers in the field, ranging from John Graunt and Edmond Halley in the mid-seventeenth century to Otis Dudley Duncan, James Coleman and Raymond Boudon in the late twentieth. Goldthorpe's biographies of these figures and analyses of their work reveal clear lines of intellectual descent, building towards the author's model of sociology as the study of human populations across time and place, previously outlined in his book Sociology as a Population Science (Cambridge, 2015). The extent to which recent developments such as computational sociology and analytical sociology are in continuation with the efforts of these influential thinkers is also critically examined. Pioneers of Sociological Science will appeal to students and scholars of sociology and to anyone engaged in social science research, from statisticians to social historians.

Author: John H. Goldthorpe
ISBN-10: 1108927831
ISBN-13: 9781108927833
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/18/2021
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2022