Soft Science Outline

Author: Feng Zhijun
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Publish Date: 2000-02-01
Features: This book provides a systematic summary of China's soft science since the reform and opening-up. It clearly defines the concept of soft science, outlines its scope, analyzes the objective conditions for the emergence of soft science, proposes four research fields and three theoretical foundations of soft science. In terms of methodology, it emphasizes the combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches while highlighting the role of theoretical models. Therefore, it can be said that this is a rigorous, systematic, and innovative work.