Making social science matter why social inquiry fails and how it can succeed again making social science matter presents an exciting new approach to social science including theoretical . 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. Making social science matter why social inquiry fails and how it can succeed again paperback jan 15 2001 by bent flyvbjerg author steven sampson translator 48 out of 5 stars 17 ratings. Making social science matter why social inquiry fails and how it can succeed again by bent flyvbjerg cambridge uk cambridge university press 2000 pp x 204 1995 paper an economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he or she predicted yesterday did not happen today. Making social science matter why social inquiry fails and how it can succeed again is a 2001 book by bent flyvbjerg published by cambridge university press the author is critical of social sciences to the extent they try to emulate natural science first he argues that social sciences have failed as science that is in producing predictive theory