'There are very few methods books like this one that sociologists would pick up and read from cover to cover - and cause a queue of colleagues to form eagerly awaiting to get their hands on it. Compelling reading'. - Colin Bell, New Society
'... a thoughtful and stimulating analysis of sociological methods by feminist practitioners.' - Health Matters
Introduction, Helen Roberts; Chapter 1 Women and their doctors, Helen Roberts; Chapter 2 Interviewing women, Ann Oakley; Chapter 3 Reminiscences of fieldwork among the Sikhs, Joyce Pettigrew; Chapter 4 Men, masculinity and the process of sociological enquiry, David Morgan; Chapter 5 Women in stratification studies, Christine Delphy, Helen Roberts; Chapter 6 Occupational mobility and the use of the comparative method, Catriona Llewellyn; Chapter 7 The expert’s view?, Diana Woodward, Lynne Chisholm; Chapter 8 The gatekeepers, Dale Spender;