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  • Preference Change

    by David Strohmaier, Michael Messerli ...
    Series series Elements in Decision Theory and Philosophy
    For most of its history, decision theory has investigated the rational choices of humans under the assumption of static preferences. Human preferences, however, change. In recent years, decision theory has increasingly acknowledged the reality of preference change throughout life. This Element provides an accessible introduction and new contributions to the debates on preference change. It is ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Drift Smoke

    Loss and Renewal in a Land of Fire

    by David J. Strohmaier ...
    Series series Environmental Arts and Humanities
    David Strohmaier’s long career as a firefighter has given him intimate knowledge of wildfire and its complex role in the natural world of the American West. It has also given him rare understanding of the painful losses that are a consequence of fire. Strohmaier addresses our ambivalence about fire and the realities of loss to it—of life, human and animal, of livelihoods, of beloved places. He ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • The Seasons Of Fire

    Reflections On Fire In The West

    by David J. Strohmaier ...
    Series series Environmental Arts and Humanities Series
    Fire is a fearsome constant in the America West. As the author David J. Strohmaier notes, "Whether we have tended a campfire along Oregon's Deschutes River in March, engaged the advancing front of a Great Basin wildfire in the torrid heat of August, or watched fire settle into the subdued, smoldering leaf piles of October, all of our lives, to one degree or another, are bracketed by fire." In The ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

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  • Discovery of Grounded Theory

    Strategies for Qualitative Research

    by Barney Glaser, Anselm Strauss ...
    Most writing on sociological method has been concerned with how accurate facts can be obtained and how theory can thereby be more rigorously tested. In The Discovery of Grounded Theory, Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss address the equally Important enterprise of how the discovery of theory from data—systematically obtained and analyzed in social research—can be furthered. The discovery of theory ... Read more

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  • Social Science Methodology

    A Unified Framework

    by John Gerring ...
    Series series Strategies for Social Inquiry
    John Gerring's exceptional textbook has been thoroughly revised in this second edition. It offers a one-volume introduction to social science methodology relevant to the disciplines of anthropology, economics, history, political science, psychology and sociology. This new edition has been extensively developed with the introduction of new material and a thorough treatment of essential elements ... Read more

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  • Identity, Formation, Agency, and Culture

    A Social Psychological Synthesis

    by James E. Cote, Charles G. Levine ...
    The goal of Identity, Formation, Agency, and Culture is to lay the basis of a theory with which to better understand the difficulties and complexities of identity formation. It provides an extensive understanding of identity formation as it relates to human striving (agency) and social organization (culture). James E. Côté and Charles G. Levine have compiled state-of-the-art psychological and ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Preference, Value, Choice, and Welfare

    by Daniel M. Hausman ...
    This book is about preferences, principally as they figure in economics. It also explores their uses in everyday language and action, how they are understood in psychology and how they figure in philosophical reflection on action and morality. The book clarifies and for the most part defends the way in which economists invoke preferences to explain, predict and assess behavior and outcomes. ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

  • Philosophy of Social Science

    A Contemporary Introduction

    by Mark Risjord ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
    Philosophy of Social Science: A Contemporary Introduction examines perennial questions of philosophy through engaging the empirical study of society. Questions of normativity concern the place of values in social scientific inquiry. Questions of naturalism concern the relationship between the natural and the social sciences. And questions of reductionism ask how social institutions relate to the ... Read more

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  • Culture and Cognition

    Patterns in the Social Construction of Reality

    by Wayne H. Brekhus ...
    Series series Cultural Sociology
    How does culture shape our thinking? In what ways do our social and cultural worlds enter into our mental worlds? How do the communities we belong to influence what we notice and what we ignore? What cultural variation do we see in cognition? What general patterns do we see across this diversity and variation?In this lively and engaging book, Wayne H. Brekhus shows us the many ways that culture ... Read more

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  • Social and Political Dimensions of Mathematics Education

    Current Thinking

    by Murad Jurdak, Renuka Vithal, Elizabeth de Freitas, Peter Gates, David Kollosche ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book examines the current thinking on five critical social and political areas in mathematics education. It focuses on material conditions in teaching and learning, and details features of social life and their influence on mathematics teaching, learning and achievement. Following an introduction, the first section addresses equitable access and participation in quality mathematics education. ... Read more

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  • The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Social Science

    Edited by Lee McIntyre, Alex Rosenberg ...
    Series series Routledge Philosophy Companions
    The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Social Science is an outstanding guide to the major themes, movements, debates, and topics in the philosophy of social science. It includes thirty-seven newly written chapters, by many of the leading scholars in the field, as well as a comprehensive introduction by the editors. Insofar as possible, the material in this volume is presented in accessible ... Read more

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