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Review to take warning against the glib use Social Science and Social Pathology. of words and phrases which, in them- By Barbara Wootton. (George Allen selves, are meaningless. and Unwin). Finally, Miss Wootton considers~ what can be learned from experience UCH a provocative book should be in the social sciences, and how such S read by all those engaged in study !earning can be made effective for the ~ and practice in the social sciences. future. She pleads for sounder judg- Lack of time (and probably space), ments on social problems, both indivi- at present, make an adequate review dual and collective, and suggests that: impossible. But perhaps this brief hypotheses relating to these problems comment may be enough to bring "need to be drawn, not from judg- Miss Wootton's energetic criticism of ments that come from outside the- the social scientist's progress in the material to be studied, nor even from so~'ution of practical social problems to a narrow range of the material itself, the notice of social workers who do not but from a better balanced and more yet know her latest book. comprehensive view of the facts of" First she defines and describes what social pathology'."--R.H. she http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Social Work Taylor & Francis

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Australian Journal of Social Work , Volume 12 (2): 1 – Dec 1, 1959
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to take warning against the glib use Social Science and Social Pathology. of words and phrases which, in them- By Barbara Wootton. (George Allen selves, are meaningless. and Unwin). Finally, Miss Wootton considers~ what can be learned from experience UCH a provocative book should be in the social sciences, and how such S read by all those engaged in study !earning can be made effective for the ~ and practice in the social sciences. future. She pleads for sounder judg- Lack of time (and...
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Abstract

to take warning against the glib use Social Science and Social Pathology. of words and phrases which, in them- By Barbara Wootton. (George Allen selves, are meaningless. and Unwin). Finally, Miss Wootton considers~ what can be learned from experience UCH a provocative book should be in the social sciences, and how such S read by all those engaged in study !earning can be made effective for the ~ and practice in the social sciences. future. She pleads for sounder judg- Lack of time (and probably space), ments on social problems, both indivi- at present, make an adequate review dual and collective, and suggests that: impossible. But perhaps this brief hypotheses relating to these problems comment may be enough to bring "need to be drawn, not from judg- Miss Wootton's energetic criticism of ments that come from outside the- the social scientist's progress in the material to be studied, nor even from so~'ution of practical social problems to a narrow range of the material itself, the notice of social workers who do not but from a better balanced and more yet know her latest book. comprehensive view of the facts of" First she defines and describes what social pathology'."--R.H. she

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Australian Journal of Social Work – Taylor & Francis

Published: Dec 1, 1959

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