The poverty of large numbers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20500472 |
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| Authors | Johann Groenewald (University of Pretoria, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 52-58 |
| Publication date | 1991-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | South African Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0258-0144 • E-ISSN: 1999-9135 |
| Publisher | University of Pretoria (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02580144.1991.10432053 |
| OpenAlex | W1592303461 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
This review of The South African Journal of Sociology during the eighties: An analysis of theoretical and empirical contributions shows that although the analysis provides useful information, it remains a limited and narrow analysis of the past decade of South African sociology. The main reasons are that it focused almost exclusively on the sophistication of methods without considering their appropriateness; that methods are interpreted mainly quantitatively; that a conservative bias underlies judgements of the appropriateness of the problems studied; that it regards the SAJS as representative of South African sociology; that it either ignores, or is ignorant about, the ideological and organizational divisions in South African sociology; and that it fails to locate the sociology of the SAJS in the matrix of power relations in society
Economics · Epistemology · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Poverty · Social science · Sociology · Sophistication · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · South African History and Culture
| Highly cited | No |
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