2 How Material Research Objects Are Selected

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. 1 Material Research Objects and Privileged Material Research Objects 14
5. 2 How Material Research Objects Are Selected 33
6. 3 Model Cases and the Dream of Collective Methods 53
7. 4 How Subfield Categories Shape Knowledge 69
8. 5 The Schemas of Social Theory 84
9. 6 The Model Cases of Global Knowledge 101
10. Conclusion 118
11. Acknowledgments 127
12. Notes 129
13. Bibliography 167
14. Index 201