Social Research Methods : A Reader

ISBN-13: 9780415300834 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 538 str.

Clive Seale

Opis

Social Research Methods: A Reade brings together many of the core classic and contemporary works in social and cultural research methods, giving students direct access to methodological debates and examples of practical research across the qualitative/quantitative divide.

Spis treści

1. Methodological Awareness 2. Social Research as Science 3. Collecting Quantitative Data 4. Analysing Quantitative Data 5. Critiques of Quantification 6. The Limits of Science 7. Ethnography: The qualitative alternative 8. Qualitative Interviewing 9. Other Sources of Qualitative Data 10. Analysing Qualitative Data 11. Structuralism, Post-Structuralism and the Linguistic Turn 12. Reflexivity and Representation 13. Postmodernism 14. Political and Ethical Aspects of Research Practice 15. Paradigm Disputes and Resolutions

O autorze

Clive Seale is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Human Sciences, Brunel University, UK. His recent publications include Researching Society and Culture, The Quality of Qualitative Research and Qualitative Research Practice.