Binding: Hardcover
Description: It seems like most of what we read about the academic social sciences in the mainstream media is negative. The field is facing mounting criticism as canonical studies fail to replicate questionable research practices abound and researcher social and political biases come under fire. In response to these criticisms Matt Grossmann in How Social Science Got Better provides a robust defense of the current state of the social sciences. Applying insights from the philosophy history and sociology of science and providing new data on research trends and scholarly views he argues that far from crisis social science is undergoing an unparalleled renaissance of ever - broader understanding and application. According to Grossmann social science research today has never been more relevant rigorous or self - reflective because scholars have a much better idea of their blind spots and biases. He highlights how scholars now closely analyze the impact of racial gender geographic methodological political and ideological differences on research questions; how the incentives of academia influence our research practices; and how universal human desires to avoid uncomfortable truths and easily solve problems affect our conclusions. Though misaligned incentive structures of course remain a messy collective deliberation across the research community has shifted us into an unprecedented age of theoretical diversity open and connected data and public scholarship. Grossmann's wide - ranging account of current trends will necessarily force the academy's many critics to rethink their lazy critiques and instead acknowledge the path - breaking advances occurring in the social sciences today.
Title: How Social Science Got Better Overcoming Bias With More Evidence Diversity And Self - Reflection
Author(s): Grossmann Matt (Associate Professor Of Political Science Associate Professor Of Political Science Michigan State University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780197518977
Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Date: 9/6/2021
Category: Political Science & Theory