Two meta-methodological tensions to orient historical analysis in the social sciences
The historical tradition has produced many insights about research, methods, and data. Here, we offer four meta-methodological propositions in two dialectical pairs to distill some of these key insights so as to encourage and refine historical thinking among social scientists.
Authors
- Patrick Trent Greiner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5833-2807)
- Richard York (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0890-5803)
- Jordan Fox
Institutions
- University of Washington (US)
- University at Buffalo, State University of New York (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Social Research Methodology
- Published
- 2026-08-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2026.2720738
- Primary Topic
- Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00