1991-09-01
Sociological practice: Problems, theory, and methods
Publication
Publication
Knowledge and Policy , Volume 4 - Issue 3 p. 3- 9
Recent developments in sociological practice are reviewed in terms of methodological, theoretical, and paradigmatic responses to the ill-structured or unstructured policy problems confronting private or public organizations. Methodologically, sociological practice is responding with the use of mixed methods or triangulation, in diagnosing policy problems as well as evaluating policy programs. Theoretically, the cognitive mapping of unstructured problems occurs increasingly in terms of multivariate conceptual models, usually in a graphic presentation. At a paradigmatic level, these two trends open the way to a clinical approach in sociological practice. In the clinical paradigm, improving the program is an inherent part of the method.
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doi.org/10.1007/BF02693084, hdl.handle.net/1765/59013 | |
Knowledge and Policy | |
Organisation | Department of Sociology |
van de Vall, M. (1991). Sociological practice: Problems, theory, and methods. Knowledge and Policy, 4(3), 3–9. doi:10.1007/BF02693084 |