{"product_id":"individualism-in-social-science","title":"Individualism in Social Science","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe literature on methodological individualism is characterized by a widely held view that if the doctrine were stated with sufficient care it would be seen to be trivially true.  Professor Bhargava questions this view.  He begins by carefully disentangling the various formulations of the doctrine, identifies its most plausible version, and finally locates the principal assumption underlying it, namely that beliefs are attitudes individuated entirely in terms of\n\u003cbr\u003ewhat lies within the individual mind.  Bhargava argues that once this individualist assumption is challenged it is possible to rehabilitate a non-individualist methodology which permits a contextual study\n\u003cbr\u003eof beliefs and actions, and even a study of social context relatively independent of the beliefs and actions of individuals.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44156276998382,"sku":"9780198242796","price":91.63,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780198242796.jpg?v=1706226450","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/individualism-in-social-science","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}