Overdetermination hinders the possibility of empirically arbitrating among competing theories. In situations of overdetermination, social factors are likely to gain influence as determinants of theory ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Three forms of discontinuity in social structure produce linked analogous problems about aggregates or wholes: discontinuity in units, ...

This field investigates the similarities, differences, and interconnections between education systems across nations, drawing on historical, sociocultural, and policy‐driven perspectives. By examining ...

MR. SPENCER’S treatise on education consists of four essays, originally contributed to English reviews, and first collected and published in this country in 1860. The first essay discusses the ...