Textbook of Social Science

The social sciences are about people, how they act individually and how they act collectively. Generally, the fields of sociology, anthropology, economics, social science, psychology, political science, education and history are grouped into the broader academic area referred to as the social sciences.The social sciences share many social theory perspectives and research methods. Theory perspectives include various types of critical theory, dialectical materialism, feminist theory, assorted branches of Marxist theory such as revolutionary theory and class theory, post-colonial theory, postmodernism as well as the related intellectual criticalism and scientific criticalism, rational choice theory, rational criticalism, social constructionism, structuralism and structural functionalism. Research methods shared include a wide variety of quantitative and qualitative methods. This book offers an overview of how the various social sciences perceive the world around us, emphasising social change and how it impacts society. It uses a journalistic writing style, but does skimp on scholarly data and references. It is designed for anyone interested in social science, sociology or interdisciplinary studies.