TY - BOOK ID - 274086 TI - Writing for social scientists : how to start and finish your thesis, book, or article AU - Becker, Howard AU - Richards, Pamela PY - 2007 SN - 9780226041308 9780226041322 0226041301 0226041328 PB - Chicago, Ill. University of Chicago Press DB - UniCat KW - Science KW - Academic writing. KW - Social sciences KW - Sociology KW - Communication in the social sciences. KW - Ecriture savante KW - Sciences sociales KW - Sociologie KW - Communication en sciences sociales KW - Authorship. KW - Art d'écrire KW - Academic writing KW - Communication in the social sciences KW - Authorship KW - #SBIB:303H0 KW - Methoden in de sociale wetenschappen: algemeen KW - Art d'écrire KW - Learned writing KW - Scholarly writing KW - Social sciences - Authorship KW - Sociology - Authorship UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:274086 AB - Students and researchers all write under pressure, and those pressures& most lamentably, the desire to impress your audience rather than to communicate with them& often lead to pretentious prose, academic posturing, and, not infrequently, writer's block. Sociologist Howard S. Becker has written 'the' classic book on how to conquer these pressures and simply write. First published nearly twenty years ago, 'Writing for Social Scientists' has become a lifesaver for writers in all fields, from beginning students to published authors. Becker's message is clear: in order to learn how to write, take a deep breath and then begin writing. Revise. Repeat. It is not always an easy process, as Becker wryly relates. Decades of teaching, researching, and writing have given him plenty of material, and Becker neatly exposes the foibles of academia and its & publish or perish& atmosphere. Wordiness, the passive voice, inserting a & the way in which& when a simple & how& will do& all these mechanisms are a part of the social structure of academic writing. By shrugging off such impediments& or at the very least, putting them aside for a few hours& we can reform our work habits and start writing lucidly without worrying about grades, peer approval, or the & literature.& In this new edition, Becker takes account of major changes in the computer tools available to writers today, and also substantially expands his analysis of how academic institutions create problems for them. As competition in academia grows increasingly heated, 'Writing for Social Scientists' will provide solace to a new generation of frazzled, would-be writers. ER -