• ISBN13: 9788171566051
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Sociology and Anthropology
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: N/A
• Publication Date: January 5, 1996
• Pages: 232
• Original Price: INR 295.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 450 grams

Designed for students of the social sciences, public administration, social administration and social work, this dictionary will also be useful to those who work in specialized agencies and international organisations. The dictionary defines over 7,500 terms, covering all the social sciences with the exception of economics and linguistics. Those economic and linguistic terms which are frequently used in the other social sciences are, however, included, as are essential terms from subjects peripheral to the social sciences. Important statistical terms have been included, as well as terms relating to surveys, questionnaires, scales and interviewing. As concise as possible without loss of meaning, the definitions are hierarchical and interrelated, thus giving the work a logical unity.

After graduating in Sociology from the University of London, Hugo Reading developed an interest in the philosophy of the social sciences and, being concerned with conceptual analysis, published A GLOSSARY OF SOCIOLOGICAL TERMS in 1963. He was associated for some years with the Social Sciences Centre, Athens, and, adopting the rigorous approach of some of its members, rejected the ‘genteel tradition’ in the social sciences. He is at present doing research for a critical examination of the arguments for restricting scientific method in its application to the social sciences.