Comparative theories and methods between uniplexity and multiplexity

Abstract

This work is intended to be a textbook for the fundamentals of theoriesand methods in the social sciences and the humanities. Along with theknowledge of the existing theories and methods, this book will provide theanalytical tools that will help the reader comprehend the hidden assumptionsand philosophical underpinnings from a comparative and critical perspective.More precisely, this book aims to introduce not only theories and methods butalso the worldviews from which they emerge and the paradigms that they arerooted in. Crystallizing the ontological, epistemological and methodologicalcategories in mind, this book will also help the reader be consistent in researchquestions, methods and conclusions...