Eugene J. Meehan's normatively driven approach for social inquiry is essential equipment for policy makers, critics, and administrators. Meehan appends illustrations and applications to education and housing, It is useful for methodology courses for graduate or advanced undergraduate students.

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Acknowledgments

Part One—Epistemology
Introduction to Part One

1. Introduction
2. The Theory of Knowledge
3. Fulfilling the Requirements

Part Two—Implications for Social Inquiry
Introduction to Part Two

4. Modeling
5. Comparison 6. Conceptualization: Concepts and Labels
7. Normatively Driven Social Inquiry

Appendix A: Education
Appendix B: Free-Market Capitalism
Appendix C: Low-Income Housing: The Ownership Question

Index