Experiments in Knowing: Gender and Method in the Social Sciences Paperback - 2000
by Oakley, A
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- Title Experiments in Knowing: Gender and Method in the Social Sciences
- Author Oakley, A
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Polity Press, Cambridge
- Date 2000
- Bookseller's Inventory # 8849177
- ISBN 9780745622576 / 0745622577
- Weight 1.22 lbs (0.55 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.85 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.16 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 305.420
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From the rear cover
Oakley examines the historical development of methodology in the social and natural sciences and argues that these disciplines have been subject to a process of 'gendering'. This has produced an ideological reaction against, rather than a relevant understanding of, the role of 'quantitative' and experimental methods. She suggests that there are considerable problems with a retreat into 'qualitative' methods as offering a more democratic way of knowing. A strong focus on the development, uses (and abuses) of experimental ways of knowing provides a critical analysis of current public understandings in this area; the book demonstrates that many early developments using the experimental approach took place in social science, and not only in medicine, as is commonly believed.
Experiments in Knowing fills an important gap in the methodological literature, and is likely to generate considerable debate. It addresses themes of common interest across many different fields, including social policy, health and education research and women's studies.
