Law, John
(2007). Making a mess with method.
In: Outhwaite, William and Turner, Stephen P. eds.
The Sage Handbook of Social Science Methodology.
London: Sage, pp. 595–606.
Abstract
If the world is non-coherent, then methods that seek and describe it as coherent are making a mess of doing so. This argument is developed empirically and philosophically. After showing that the comment sense realism of standard methods works to other non-coherence, the chapter recommends non-coherent or 'messy' methods.
| Item Type: |
Book Chapter
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| Copyright Holders: |
2007 SAGE Publications Ltd |
| ISBN: |
1-4129-0119-7, 978-1-4129-0119-2 |
| Keywords: |
method; methodology; social research methods; philosophy of social science; arts; science, technology and society |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Social Sciences > Sociology |
| Item ID: |
21390 |
| Depositing User: |
John Law
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| Date Deposited: |
26 May 2010 14:20 |
| Last Modified: |
23 Oct 2012 07:50 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/21390 |
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