Methodology in social research : dilemmas and perspectives : essays in honour of Ramkrishna Mukherjee

This volume constitutes a lucid introduction to methodology in social research. It will enable social science researchers trained in a particular field to look beyond and relate to other methodological domains. Ramkrishna Mukherjee: A Biographical Note -- Introduction: Methodology In Social Research: Dilemmas And Perspectives / Partha Nath Mukherji -- For Science, Against Scientism: The Dilemmas Of Contemporary Knowledge Production / Immanuel Wallerstein -- Manufacturing Meaning In The Social Sciences / Joseph R. Gusfield -- Resuming The Methodological Discourse -- Changing Role Of Human Knowledge In Our Time / Rajni Kothari -- On Reality: Its Perception And Construction / Satish Saberwal -- Changing Modes Of Conceptualising The World: Implications For Social Research / T. K. Oommen -- Man Is The World Of Man / Claude Meillassoux -- My Encounter With The Scientific Method / Victor S. D'souza -- Mariyamma And The Logic Of Realist Explanation In Sociology / Goran Djurfeldt -- The Problematic Of Constructing Social Reality: Some Methodological Issues / M. Bharathi -- On Methodology Of Social Research: Conversations With Ramkrishna Mukherjee / Partha Nath Mukherji And Chandan Sengupta. Edited By Partha Nath Muhkerji. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.