This book is an expanded and revised edition of the author's critically acclaimed volume Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences. In twenty-six succinct chapters, Jon Elster provides an account of the nature of explanation in the social sciences. He offers an overview of key explanatory mechanisms in the social sciences, relying on hundreds of examples and drawing on a large variety of sources-psychology, behavioral economics, biology, political science, historical writings, philosophy and fiction. Written in accessible and jargon-free language, Elster aims at accuracy and clarity while eschewing formal models.

Methods of Discovery is organized around strategies for deepening arguments in order to find the best ways to study social phenomena. This exciting book is not about the mechanics of doing social science research, but about habits of thinking that enable students to use those mechanics in new ways, by coming up with new ideas and combining them more effectively with old ones. Examples from throughout the social sciences help show how these moves can open new lines of thinking. Each chapter covers several moves and their reverses (if these exist), discussing particular examples of the move as well as its logical and theoretical structure. This book offers readers a new way of thinking about directions for their research and new ways to imagine information relevant to their research problems.

What do variables really tell us? When exactly do inventions occur? Why do we always miss turning points as they transpire? When does what doesn't happen mean as much, if not more, than what does? Andrew Abbott considers these fascinating questions in Time Matters, a diverse series of essays that constitutes the most extensive analysis of temporality in social science today. Ranging from abstract theoretical reflection to pointed methodological critique, Abbott demonstrates the inevitably theoretical character of any methodology. Time Matters focuses particularly on questions of time, events, and causality. Abbott grounds each essay in straightforward examinations of actual social scientific analyses. Throughout, he demonstrates the crucial assumptions we make about causes and events, about actors and interaction and about time and meaning every time we employ methods of social analysis, whether in academic disciplines, market research, public opinion polling, or even evaluation research. Turning current assumptions on their heads, Abbott not only outlines the theoretical orthodoxies of empirical social science, he sketches new alternatives, laying down foundations for a new body of social theory.

The book considers the past accomplishments and future agendas of comparative-historical research in the social sciences. It defines the distinctiveness of this type of research and explores its strengths in explaining important outcomes (e.g. revolutions, social provision, democracy) in the world. It includes sections on substantive research accomplishments, methodology, and theory, and features essays by some of the most important political scientists and sociologists currently working. This review of the accomplishments and future agendas of comparative historical research in the social sciences explores its strengths in explaining important worldwide outcomes (e.g., revolutions, social provision, democracy). It includes sections on substantive research accomplishments, methodology, and theory, and features essays by some of the most important political scientists and sociologists currently working.

《在中国做田野调查》的作者来自世界各地，并且拥有着各不相同的学术背景，如，政治学、人类学、历史与文化、经济学等。他们从不同的角度审视了自己在中国开展的田野调查工作，探讨了一般的理论问题，并且对于后来者给予了许多实际的建议。尽管《在中国做田野调查》并不针对某个具体的研究问题，但是，却能对处理田野工作中常见的棘手问题给以有益的帮助。

《问卷设计手册:市场研究民意调查社会调查健康调查指南》是一本全面论述问卷设计的权威手册。全书分作三个部分：第一部分给出了问卷设计中设计者需要注意的总体性的概念框架；第二部分从第一部分出发，分章论述了题项设计需要注意的主要问题；第三部分则将问卷作为一个整体，阐明了问卷中题项安排的要旨。《问卷设计手册:市场研究民意调查社会调查健康调查指南》层次分明，是实用性和理论性高度综合的产物。实用性体现在作者就每一类的题项，以及问卷整体需要注意的各主要事项的提示中，而理论性则体现在保证提示有效的理论根据。在突出实用性的同时，作者的理论思考也深深地融入到具体的建议当中了。因此，《问卷设计手册:市场研究民意调查社会调查健康调查指南》既适合作为一本适用手册，作为问卷设计者的常备参考，也适于作为问卷设计理论研究的踏脚石。

A survey drawn from social-science research which deals with correlational, ex post facto, true experimental, and quasi-experimental designs and makes methodological recommendations. Bibliogs.

Based on groundbreaking original research, The Why Axis is a colorful examination of why people do what they do—observed through the lens of incentives that can spur people to achieve. Uri Gneezy and John List are like the anthropologists who spend months in the field studying the people in their native habitats. But in their case they embed themselves in our messy world to try and solve big, difficult problems, such as the gap between rich and poor students and the violence plaguing inner city schools; the real reasons people discriminate; whether women are really less competitive than men; and how to correctly price products and services. Their field experiments in the factories, communities, and shops where real people live, work, and play show how economic incentives can change outcomes. Their results will change the way we both think about and take action on big and little problems, and force us to rely no longer on assumptions, but upon the evidence of what really works.

混乱是思考最大的敌人，面对日益纷杂的信息困扰，想让自己保持头脑清醒可不是一件容易的事情。《六个思考框》是专门为解决《六顶思考帽》中白帽子难题而设计的思考工具，它顺应大脑的图优原则和单线程原则。针对这些思考模式，德博诺博士一如既往地给他们设计了形象，这一次，他使用的是六个不同的几何图形。 这是一个信息越来越纷杂的时代，各种信息让我们迷乱。创新思维之父深知混乱是思维的大敌，因此特别推出这本书，帮助现代人理解信息搜集与处理中的思路。这本书也是对《六顶思考帽》中的白帽的深入解读。通过德博诺思维课程资深培训师吴亚滨老师的解读，信息处理的各个面向变得越发清晰，越发可操作。

近几年，许多人类学家开始强调写作的重要性。而众所周知，民族志写作的起点和基础是研究者的田野笔记。那么，如何做田野笔记呢？ 为此，三位具有丰富田野实践和教学经验的人类学家，给出了一系列实用而又指导性的建议。本书通过大量的正在撰写的、“未完成的”田野笔记实例，考察了田野研究者如何将亲身经历和观察写成田野笔记的过程，讨论如何运用田野笔记来讲述民族志故事的方法，以及帮助研究者基于田野笔记撰写民族志的关键步骤。 本书致力于提出一套实用的田野笔记写作指导，以帮助社会学、人类学、民俗学、口述历史学、教育学等学科的本科生和研究生，因为田野研究和人类学方法在以上学科中都占有十分突出的地位；另一方面，对于政治学、商业管理、传播、社会福利及公共卫生等学科，田野研究和民族志也可以作为次一级的辅助研究方法。 《如何做田野笔记》系美国当代知名人类学家罗伯特·埃默森等撰写的一部有关人类学研究专著。田野调查是当代文化人类学研究的重要环节，而其中的关键之处，就是如何作田野笔记。此书结集的数位人类学家的经验谈，对此项工作作了详尽、清晰的阐述，也是该学科基础方法的指导之作。

《本体与常无:经济学方法论对话》为《论经济学方法》（“与林老师对话”系列）的第二版，收录了林毅夫教授在经济学方法问题上与学生的对话记录。

"The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking" presents practical, lively, and inspiring ways for you to become more successful through better thinking. The idea is simple: you can learn how to think far better by adopting specific strategies. Brilliant people aren't a special breed - they just use their minds differently. By using the straightforward and thought-provoking techniques in "The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking", you will regularly find imaginative solutions to difficult challenges, and you will discover new ways of looking at your world and yourself - revealing previously hidden opportunities. The book offers real-life stories, explicit action items, and concrete methods that allow you to attain a deeper understanding of any issue, exploit the power of failure as a step toward success, develop a habit of creating probing questions, see the world of ideas as an ever-flowing stream of thought, and embrace the uplifting reality that we are all capable of change. No matter who you are, the practical mind-sets introduced in the book will empower you to realize any goal in a more creative, intelligent, and effective manner. Filled with engaging examples that unlock truths about thinking in every walk of life, "The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking" is written for all who want to reach their fullest potential - including students, parents, teachers, businesspeople, professionals, athletes, artists, leaders, and lifelong learners. Whenever you are stuck, need a new idea, or want to learn and grow, "The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking" will inspire and guide you on your way. To share thinking stories, go to website.

You don’t need to be a genius, you just need to be yourself. That’s the message from Austin Kleon, a young writer and artist who knows that creativity is everywhere, creativity is for everyone. A manifesto for the digital age, Steal Like an Artist is a guide whose positive message, graphic look and illustrations, exercises, and examples will put readers directly in touch with their artistic side. When Mr. Kleon was asked to address college students in upstate New York, he shaped his speech around the ten things he wished someone had told him when he was starting out. The talk went viral, and its author dug deeper into his own ideas to create Steal Like an Artist, the book. The result is inspiring, hip, original, practical, and entertaining. And filled with new truths about creativity: Nothing is original, so embrace influence, col- lect ideas, and remix and re-imagine to discover your own path. Follow your interests wherever they take you. Stay smart, stay out of debt, and risk being boring—the creative you will need to make room to be wild and daring in your imagination.

While heated arguments between practitioners of qualitative and quantitative research have begun to test the very integrity of the social sciences, Gary King, Robert Keohane, and Sidney Verba have produced a farsighted and timely book that promises to sharpen and strengthen a wide range of research performed in this field. These leading scholars, each representing diverse academic traditions, have developed a unified approach to valid descriptive and causal inference in qualitative research, where numerical measurement is either impossible or undesirable. Their book demonstrates that the same logic of inference underlies both good quantitative and good qualitative research designs, and their approach applies equally to each. Providing precepts intended to stimulate and discipline thought, the authors explore issues related to framing research questions, measuring the accuracy of data and uncertainty of empirical inferences, discovering causal effects, and generally improving qualitative research. Among the specific topics they address are interpretation and inference, comparative case studies, constructing causal theories, dependent and explanatory variables, the limits of random selection, selection bias, and errors in measurement. Mathematical notation is occasionally used to clarify concepts, but no prior knowledge of mathematics or statistics is assumed. The unified logic of inference that this book explicates will be enormously useful to qualitative researchers of all traditions and substantive fields.

《给大学新教员的建议》是享有盛誉的大学青年教师职业发展指南，是献给刚刚开始职业生涯的青年教师的建议。《给大学新教员的建议》基于广泛可靠的实证研究，针对成功的大学新教员与“苦苦挣扎” 的大学新教员之间的巨大反差，总结出十条明确、实用的职业发展建议。本书倡导“恰到好处”工作法，通过这十条具体，实用、简捷、明晰的建议，帮助大学新教员在教学、学术写作与发表、社交与服务三个方面获得迅速的进展。