Making social science matter presents an exciting new approach to social science including theoretical argument methodological guidelines and examples of practical application. Making social science matter presents an exciting new approach to the social and behavioral sciences including theoretical argument methodological guidelines and examples of practical application why has social science failed in attempts to emulate natural science and produce normal theory bent flyvbjerg argues that the strength of social sciences lies in its rich reflexive analysis of values and power essential to the social and economic development of any society richly informed . Making social science matter why social inquiry fails and how it can succeed again by bent flyvbjerg cambridge uk cambridge university press 2001 x plus 204 pp. Skip to main content menu search browse resources authors librarians editors societies. Making social science matter presents an exciting new approach to the social and behavioral sciences including theoretical argument methodological guidelines and examples of practical application why has social science failed in attempts to emulate natural science and produce normal theory bent flyvbjerg argues that the strength of social sciences lies in its rich reflexive analysis of values and power essential to the social and economic development of any society richly informed