Sometimes students are tranquilizers. Only today occurred to them to tell me that the things that we were seeing in methodology had already seen and why we don’t centrábamos in the design of instruments. And then the reaction: ¡Viva! O wonder of wonders! In a single act, will solve all my problems with the course. […]
A note on the separation of policy of the country
Everything you told us about modernity was wrong (I) Of the modern project
The idea of the modern project in sociology(*) is associated to the idea that the modernity has to do with the freedom (Wagner, if wrong I am not mistaken, relates intímamente), or rationality (so remember to Weber). And so in general we think that refers to the modern project. But, it will not be out […]
Defining the middle class
In several parts I have read that a criterion is relatively useful to define the nebulous middle class is simply using a criterion focused on the median: A group that has an income defined as a percentage of the median (let’s say between 75% and 125% of the median income, which as mentioned Barozet and […]
The income of the independent: The hope of high earnings.
In a previous post on the income of the independent compared to the dependent, we mention that the comparison of the averages hid the theme of the variations. In particular, the self-employed had a higher probability to get high income that the dependents (to the same educational level): a person of low educational level had […]
The Analytical Rules of the Method in Social Sciences, (III) The postulate of the equality of actors
The first premise of the rules is that all actors have the same capabilities. Not necessarily have to possess the same characteristics, and we can variarlas –even though it may be possible, it is interesting to try to explain the differences in them from their differences in the social fabric rather than in attributes of […]
The Analytical Rules of the Method in Social Sciences (II) An analysis of agents
A consequence of the above discussion is that any discussion of method has commitments theorists. It corresponds, then, to raise the commitments to theoretical underlying this discussion of the method. In the social world there are agents, and there are actions. The basis of the discussion that we will develop below is that the above […]
The Analytical Rules of the Method in Social Sciences(IV) The postulate of meaning of the actions
If there are actors, then there is no alternative to recognizing that actions do have meaning for them. What do we mean with the above? A statement very simple: That every actor requires a map of the world, have distinctions and rules that relate those distinctions to be able to move . To be able […]
Lucky case
The analytical rules of the Method in Social Sciences (V) The postulate of the consequences of the action
The assertion that every action has consequences and should not require further defense. To perform an action implies the use of some resources –those needed to carry it out-and those resources are not available after this action. To perform an action means you get certain results –results that involve certain changes with respect to the […]