Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start & Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article

The classic guide to avoiding pitfalls and achieving success in academic writing—in a fully updated edition with a new preface by the author.

For decades, Writing for Social Scientists has been a lifeboat for academic writers of all fields, from beginning students to seasoned professionals. With reassuring candor, author and sociologist Howard S. Becker identifies some of the common problems all academic writers face, including from procrastination and stifling perfectionism to getting caug...