Social Geography — Welfare State Ideology or Critical Social Science?

ASHEIM, B.T.

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“…As Asheim points out it is no longer a question of whether social geography influences social relations, but in what way (Asheim 1979). To him, and to many others, this is a logical outcome of accepting subjectivity at the core of the discipline, leading inevitable to the question: 'what is its function in society?'…”

Section: Post-positivist Social Geographymentioning

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Post-positivist social geography

Jones

1984

GeoJournal

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Although positivist methodology has been used so extensively in social geography, it is now widely recognized that it is inadequate for describing and understanding social processes as a whole because it eschews cultural values. The behavioural reaction recognized this but still used positivist methodology. Methods may reflect scale, a macro-approach demanding a positivist approach, a micro analysis being more qualitative. Applying both to problems of assimilation in an American ethnic group revealed different processes, both necessary for a full understanding.Aggregate methods and generalized models of man go part of the way only. The quantitative/macro approach must be supplemented by the qualitative/micro. A further departure has been a recognition that social geographers must look at society's needs. Involvement in social processes and policy making is accepted by most. Whether the answer is interpreted by a liberal/consensus approach, or by a radical/revolutionary, is for the individual to decide.Finally, as geographers, social geographers cannot ignore the significance of place and region, whose specificity is sometimes critical in our perception of problems and answers.

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Section: Post-positivist Social Geographymentioning

confidence: 99%

Post-positivist social geography

Jones

1984

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Social Geography — Welfare State Ideology or Critical Social Science?

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