Sociological reasoning

"Building a bridge between sociological theory and methodology, Sociological Reasoning develops an original typology of approaches to social scientific theory and research that is distinguished by its openness and reflexive awareness of rhetorical and methodological aspects of knowledge claims. Stones argues that contemporary social theory and postmodernism are both to be distinguished from sociological modernism by the sensitivity they each show to the rich, diverse and complex nature of the social world; and yet, in terms of the epistemology and methodology of the research process, both are…