A Good Book, In Theory
Making Sense Through Inquiry, Second Edition
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2010
- Category
- General, Research, Reference
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781442606685
- Publish Date
- Apr 2010
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
This brief and engagingly written book provides a unique introduction to the process of social inquiry and the theoretical and methodological frameworks that support that inquiry, offering a strong foundation in critical thinking that is rooted in the social sciences but maintains relevance across the disciplines.
About the authors
Alan Sears is Professor of Sociology at Ryerson University, Toronto. He is the author of Retooling the Mind Factory: Education in a Lean State (UTP, 2003) and co-author with James Cairns of The Democratic Imagination (UTP, 2012).
James Cairns is Associate Professor, Social and Environmental Justice, at Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford. He is the author (with Alan Sears) of A Good Book, In Theory: Making Sense Through Inquiry (2015) and The Democratic Imagination: Envisioning Popular Power in the Twenty-First Century (2012).
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