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Je možná interdisciplinarita v oblasti společenských věd?
Is an Interdisciplinary Approach Possible in the Social Sciences?

Author(s): Jiří Schneider
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů
Keywords: interdisciplinary approach; epistemology of social science; rational choice.

Summary/Abstract: This paper summarizes the assumptions of interdiscipliniarity in the social sciences set against the methodological debate on the use of public choice theory in studying European integration. In the first part, it applies the sociology of knowledge to the normative and epistemological assumptions of social science. In the second part, it uses rational choice theory to confront individual actors’ motives. The concluding part suggests patterns of desirable approaches to interdisciplinary studies of European integration.

  • Issue Year: 41/2006
  • Issue No: Special
  • Page Range: 72-79
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Czech