Writing for Social Scientists How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article

Social scientists, whether earnest graduate students or tenured faculty members, clearly know the rules that govern good writing. But for some reason they choose to ignore those guidelines and churn out turgid, pompous, and obscure prose. Distinguished sociologist Howard S. Becker, true to his calling, looks for an explanation for this bizarre behavior not in the psyches of his colleagues but in the structure of his profession. In this highly personal and inspirational volume he considers academic writing as a social activity.Becker, Howard Saul is the author of 'Writing for Social Scientists How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article', published 2007 under ISBN 9780226041308 and ISBN 0226041301.