Paradigms, Theories, and Methods in Contemporary Rural Sociology: A Critical Reaction to Critical Questions
作者:
Bob Bealer,
期刊:
Rural Sociology
(WILEY Available online 1990)
卷期:
Volume 55,
issue 1
页码: 91-100
ISSN:0036-0112
年代: 1990
DOI:10.1111/j.1549-0831.1990.tb00675.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractThe content analysis by Falk and Zhao (1989) of theoretical orientations shown inRural Sociologyarticles during the span 1976–1985 is critically evaluated as to its methodological adequacy and substantive conclusions. The former is shown as suspect and, therefore, the latter become moot. Discussion is particularly focused on the elaboration by Falk and Zhao on the wisdom of the metatheoretical underpinnings of the field in the decade explored. While they are less critical in judgment of rural sociology's performance than was the earlier study being “replicated” (Picou et al. 1978a), the assertion made by Falk and Zhao is still fundamentally misdirected. Until rural sociology faces the issue of data quality, its improvements in “theory” activity will not be su
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