Some Further Reflections on the Coming Crisis of Empirical Sociology

Mike Savage; Roger Burrows

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Some Further Reflections on the Coming Crisis of Empirical Sociology

Mike Savage
, Roger Burrows

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Abstract

We respond to the two comments on our article 'The Coming Crisis of Empirical Sociology' from Rosemary Crompton (2008) and Richard Webber (2009) which have been published in Sociology , as well as issues arising from the wider debate generated by our article. We urge sociologists to recognize the gravity of the challenges posed by the proliferation of social data and to become more vociferous in contributing to political debates over method and data.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	762-772
Number of pages	11
Journal	Sociology
Volume	43
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038509105420
Publication status	Published - Aug 2009
Externally published	Yes

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