Social theory's "constituency"

Alan Sica

doi:10.1007/BF02697827

Social theory's "constituency"

Alan Sica

Sociology and Criminology

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The argument is made that the relation between theory and research has become tenuous in American sociology during the recent past, and that during the earlier decades of this century the nature of that relationship was different. A suggestion is made for the reacquaintance of empirical research and its theoretical underpinning.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	227-241
Number of pages	15
Journal	The American Sociologist
Volume	20
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02697827
State	Published - Sep 1989

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Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Sociology and Political Science

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