Collective Goods, Neglected Goods:Dealing with Methodological Failure in the Social Sciences

Herbert J Kiesling
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Herbert J Kiesling: Indiana University, Bloomington

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Abstract: This book argues that mainstream social scientists have failed to be useful because of misguided efforts to use objectivist methods employed in the natural sciences — of treating humans as “things”. It argues that the attempt to imitate the objectivism of natural scientists has caused social scientists to both neglect human collective goals and to overlook a virtual gold mine of empirical data which exists because humans can communicate their feelings, beliefs, and personal histories. This wealth of data exists because of the extraordinary amount of information humans possess due to their ability to interpret and remember their own experiences.

JEL-codes: A1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
ISBN: 9789810238469
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction , pp 1-26

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Ch 2 Collective Goods and Economic Science , pp 29-55

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Ch 3 Rationality and Motivation , pp 56-77

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Ch 4 Emotion , pp 78-98

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Ch 5 The “Other” Social Sciences , pp 99-126

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Ch 6 The Evaluation of Collective Goods Delivery , pp 127-149

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Ch 7 What Can be Done? , pp 153-189

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Ch 8 Exploring the Human Subject , pp 190-224

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