Routledge Revivals: The Dilemma of Qualitative Method (1989): Herbert Blumer and the Chicago Tradition

ISBN-13: 9781138489400 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 284 str.

Martyn Hammersley

Opis

Originally published in 1989, The Dilemma of Qualitative Method is a stimulating guide to the discussion of qualitative versus quantitative approaches to social research, originated in nineteenth-century debates about the relationship between the methods of history and natural science.

Spis treści

List of Figures  Acknowledgements  Introduction  1. Philosophy and the Human Science in the Nineteenth Century  2. Pragmatism  3. Chicago Sociology  4. Case Study versus Statistics: The Rise of Sociological Positivism  5. Against the Trend: Blumer’s Critique of Quantitative Method  6. Blumer’s Concept of Science  7. Blumer’s Alternative: Naturalistic Research  8. An Assessment of Naturalistic Research  Notes  References  Name Index  Subject Index

O autorze

Martyn Hammersley