Beyond Paradigm: Resisting the Assimilation of Phronetic Social Science

Sanford F. Schram
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Sanford F. Schram: Bryn Mawr Collegesschram@brynmawr.edu

Politics & Society, 2004, vol. 32, issue 3, 417-433

Abstract: David Laitin uses Bent Flyvbjerg’s Making Social Science Matter as a surrogate manifesto on behalf of the Perestroika movement’s campaign for methodological pluralism in political science. After an overview of Perestroika, I note my own vision for the movement, outline the most significant features of Flyvbjerg’s call for a revived social science, and provide a critique of Laitin’s attempt to assimilate Flyvbjerg’s analysis to his own vision for an improved political science. I conclude with a word about the potential of Perestroika to build on Flyvbjerg’s insights to promote what I call “post-paradigmatic†social science.

Keywords: Perestroika; phronesis; political science; praxis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1177/0032329204267292

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