RECONCILING THE GENERAL AND THE UNIQUE AREA STUDIES, CASE STUDIES, AND HISTORY VERSUS THEORETICAL SOCIAL SCIENCE

RECONCILING THE GENERAL AND THE UNIQUE AREA STUDIES, CASE STUDIES, AND HISTORY VERSUS THEORETICAL SOCIAL SCIENCE

The article examines the problem of relations between the General and the Unique in the social and political sciences. The author highlights the different views on this perspective: some scientists explain specifi c cases by bringing them under general theories and laws while others researchers emph...

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Main Author: F. Eidlin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Jurist, Publishing Group 2015-07-01
Series:Sravnitelʹnaâ Politika
Subjects:
area studies
case studies
history
social science
political science
natural science
Online Access:https://www.comparativepolitics.org/jour/article/view/121
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spelling doaj-9f9d70a692fb4f27ba4f9a3992b26adb2021-07-29T08:10:09ZengJurist, Publishing GroupSravnitelʹnaâ Politika2221-32792412-49902015-07-0162(19)51410.18611/2221-3279-2015-6-2(19)-5-14109RECONCILING THE GENERAL AND THE UNIQUE AREA STUDIES, CASE STUDIES, AND HISTORY VERSUS THEORETICAL SOCIAL SCIENCEF. Eidlin0University of TartuThe article examines the problem of relations between the General and the Unique in the social and political sciences. The author highlights the different views on this perspective: some scientists explain specifi c cases by bringing them under general theories and laws while others researchers emphasize that each case, each phenomenon is unique and shouldn’t be generalization. The author theorizes that there is a methodological bridge between the generalizing spirit of social science and uniqueness of events and cases.https://www.comparativepolitics.org/jour/article/view/121area studiescase studieshistorysocial sciencepolitical sciencenatural science
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RECONCILING THE GENERAL AND THE UNIQUE AREA STUDIES, CASE STUDIES, AND HISTORY VERSUS THEORETICAL SOCIAL SCIENCE
Sravnitelʹnaâ Politika
area studies
case studies
history
social science
political science
natural science
author_facet F. Eidlin
author_sort F. Eidlin
title RECONCILING THE GENERAL AND THE UNIQUE AREA STUDIES, CASE STUDIES, AND HISTORY VERSUS THEORETICAL SOCIAL SCIENCE
title_short RECONCILING THE GENERAL AND THE UNIQUE AREA STUDIES, CASE STUDIES, AND HISTORY VERSUS THEORETICAL SOCIAL SCIENCE
title_full RECONCILING THE GENERAL AND THE UNIQUE AREA STUDIES, CASE STUDIES, AND HISTORY VERSUS THEORETICAL SOCIAL SCIENCE
title_fullStr RECONCILING THE GENERAL AND THE UNIQUE AREA STUDIES, CASE STUDIES, AND HISTORY VERSUS THEORETICAL SOCIAL SCIENCE
title_full_unstemmed RECONCILING THE GENERAL AND THE UNIQUE AREA STUDIES, CASE STUDIES, AND HISTORY VERSUS THEORETICAL SOCIAL SCIENCE
title_sort reconciling the general and the unique area studies, case studies, and history versus theoretical social science
publisher Jurist, Publishing Group
series Sravnitelʹnaâ Politika
issn 2221-3279
2412-4990
publishDate 2015-07-01
description The article examines the problem of relations between the General and the Unique in the social and political sciences. The author highlights the different views on this perspective: some scientists explain specifi c cases by bringing them under general theories and laws while others researchers emphasize that each case, each phenomenon is unique and shouldn’t be generalization. The author theorizes that there is a methodological bridge between the generalizing spirit of social science and uniqueness of events and cases.
topic area studies
case studies
history
social science
political science
natural science
url https://www.comparativepolitics.org/jour/article/view/121
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