This book presents an abstract discussion of social science, in a period when science in all forms is under attack, does little to inform the debate on its role and progress. Moreover, there is a strong and growing tendency for work that is far from scientific to go under the label of social...

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 60-01, Section: A, page: 0177.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-04, Section: A, page: 1425.

Using the dynamic social world of tournament bass fishing as a backdrop, this research combined qualitative and quantitative research methods in a grounded theory approach for the study of commodification, serious leisure and the relationship between these two important social phenomena....