Description
Overview of debates around fundamental concepts in the social sciences and how theorists have understood them. Introduction to different paradigms and approaches, which may include positivism, Weberian ideal types, naturalism, pragmatism, social realism, critical rationalism, genealogy, structuralism, phenomenology, hermeneutics, deconstruction, and discourse analysis.
Prerequisites
- Prerequisite(s): third-year standing and ( PSCI 2301 and PSCI 2302 ), or permission of the Department.
Conditions and arrangements
- Precludes additional credit for Precludes additional credit for PSCI 4308 (no longer offered), PSCI 4309 (no longer offered).
- Prerequisite(s): third-year standing and ( PSCI 2301 and PSCI 2302 ), or permission of the Department.
- Lecture three hours a week
Reference text in its original language
Overview of debates around fundamental concepts in the social sciences and how theorists have understood them. Introduction to different paradigms and approaches, which may include positivism, Weberian ideal types, naturalism, pragmatism, social realism, critical rationalism, genealogy, structuralism, phenomenology, hermeneutics, deconstruction, and discourse analysis.
- Prerequisite(s): third-year standing and ( PSCI 2301 and PSCI 2302 ), or permission of the Department.
- Precludes additional credit for Precludes additional credit for PSCI 4308 (no longer offered), PSCI 4309 (no longer offered).
- Lecture three hours a week
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