The Syntax of Social Life: The Theory and Method of Comparative Narratives

by Peter Abell

The conflicting sociological methodologies of traditional qualitative analysis and the newer "positivist" approach are here reconciled in Professor Abell's incisive study. Through a formal explanation of "narratives," the author provides the technical framework for qualitative analysis which
facilitates its combination with other methodological tools. His unique view of the interaction between competing methods and his precise account of the structure of "narratives" make this work a welcome contribution to model-building in social theory.

130 pages, Hardcover

First published May 21, 1987

Reviews

[Yisu Z. · Rating 5 out of 5]

脑洞（第六章）和野心（第八章）都非常之大，把社会行动形式化为接续的叙事步骤："My view is that social scientists should write stories accounting for the occurrence of a given event and then go on to ask how characteristic (generalizable) the story is in accounting for the generation of similar or identical events." 代数异常复杂，也没有催生出富有成果的实证研究。