Elizabeth Murphy Robert Dingwall Michael P. O'Donnell
Qualitative researchers have traditionally been cautious about claiming that their work was scientific. The "right-on" schools have exaggerated this caution into an outright rejection of science as a model for their work. Science is, for them, outmoded; "an archaic form of consciousness surviving for a while yet in a degraded form" (Tyler 1986:200). Scientists' assertions that they are in pursuit of truth simply camouflage their own lust for power. There is no essential difference between truth and propaganda.
The authors acknowledge that the boundary between science and...
Qualitative researchers have traditionally been cautious about claiming that their work was scientific. The "right-on" schools have exaggerated thi...
Qualitative researchers have traditionally been cautious about claiming that their work was scientific. The "right-on" schools have exaggerated this caution into an outright rejection of science as a model for their work. Science is, for them, outmoded; "an archaic form of consciousness surviving for a while yet in a degraded form" (Tyler 1986:200). Scientists' assertions that they are in pursuit of truth simply camouflage their own lust for power. There is no essential difference between truth and propaganda.
The authors acknowledge that the boundary between science and...
Qualitative researchers have traditionally been cautious about claiming that their work was scientific. The "right-on" schools have exaggerated thi...
Providing a critical examination of the principles and practice of qualitative research and the interplay between context and method, Context & Method in Qualitative Research addresses methodological and practical issues central to the concerns of qualitative researchers: ??? The validity and credibility of qualitative methods ??? The problems encountered using specific techniques in a range of social settings ??? The discussion of moral issues raised in qualitative research Leading international researchers from North America, the United Kingdom, and France focus on the thoughtful,...
Providing a critical examination of the principles and practice of qualitative research and the interplay between context and method, Context & Method...
This book is a concise intellectual biography of Harold Garfinkel, a key figure in 20th-century social science. Garfinkel is practically synonymous with ethnomethodology, an approach that since the 1960s has led to major analytic and methodological developments in the sociology and other disciplines. This introduction to Garfinkel explores how he developed ethnomethodology under the influence of Talcott Parsons and Alfred Schutz, situates it within sociology generally, and demonstrates its important influence on recent developments in the discipline, particularly the sociology of science and...
This book is a concise intellectual biography of Harold Garfinkel, a key figure in 20th-century social science. Garfinkel is practically synonymous wi...
This book is a concise intellectual biography of Harold Garfinkel, a key figure in 20th-century social science. Garfinkel is practically synonymous with ethnomethodology, an approach that since the 1960s has led to major analytic and methodological developments in the sociology and other disciplines. This introduction to Garfinkel explores how he developed ethnomethodology under the influence of Talcott Parsons and Alfred Schutz, situates it within sociology generally, and demonstrates its important influence on recent developments in the discipline, particularly the sociology of science and...
This book is a concise intellectual biography of Harold Garfinkel, a key figure in 20th-century social science. Garfinkel is practically synonymous wi...
A social science which has become so remote from the society which pays for its upkeep is ultimately doomed, threatened less by repression than by intellectual contempt and financial neglect. This is the message of the authors of this book in this reassessment of the evolution and present state of British sociology.
Their investigation analyses the discipline as a social institution, whose product is inexorably shaped by the everyday circumstances of its producers; it is the concrete outcome of people's work, rather than a body of abstract ideas. Drawing upon their varied experience...
A social science which has become so remote from the society which pays for its upkeep is ultimately doomed, threatened less by repression than by ...
Robert Dingwall and Philip Lewis's renowned compilation of diverse chapters-written by internationally recognized theorists and empirical researchers into the sociology of the professions-was groundbreaking when first published in 1983 and has influenced scholars, practitioners, and professionals since. Not limited to one occupation or field, as are most such studies, this collection examines across traditional fields the idea and practice of professions and professionals.
The 2014 edition features a substantive new Foreword by Professor Sida Liu of the University of Wisconsin-Madison....
Robert Dingwall and Philip Lewis's renowned compilation of diverse chapters-written by internationally recognized theorists and empirical researche...
The Handbook of Research Management is a unique tool for the newly promoted research leader. Larger-scale projects are becoming more common throughout the social sciences and humanities, housed in centres, institutes and programmes. Talented researchers find themselves faced with new challenges to act as managers and leaders rather than as individual scholars. They are responsible for the careers and professional development of others, and for managing interactions with university administrations and external stakeholders. Although many scientific and...
The Handbook of Research Management is a unique tool for the newly promoted research leader. Larger-scale projects are be...
The British National Health Service celebrated its thirtieth birthday in 1978. A Royal Commission was set up to consider the role of the National Health Service, and it is the debates that surrounded this Royal Commission that form the basis for the twelve topics covered by this book.
The economic difficulties that the country was facing when this book was published in 1979 highlighted the widely publicised malaise in the health service, and exposed the limitation of a set of ideals developed by the NHS in the years after the Second World War. These limitations, reflected in the...
The British National Health Service celebrated its thirtieth birthday in 1978. A Royal Commission was set up to consider the role of the National H...
