Theory and methods in social research /
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Imprint: | London : SAGE, 2011. |
| Description: | xxiii, 344 p. : ill. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8355512 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Contributor biographies
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part I. Reading, Reviewing and Reflecting
- Introduction
- 1. Research in the Social Sciences
- 2. Working with Literatures
- 3. Ethical Issues in Generating Public Knowledge
- Part II. Listening, Exploring the Case and Theorizing
- Introduction
- 4. Ethnography
- 5. Research Diaries
- 6. Case Study
- 7. Interviewing and Focus Groups
- Part III. Addressing Issues of Power and Researching for Impact
- Introduction
- 8. Feminist Methodologies
- 9. Critical Race Theory and Its Use in Social Science Research
- 10. Queer Theory/Lesbian and Gay Approaches
- 11. Action Research
- 12. The Purpose, Practice and Politics of Sponsored Evaluations
- Part IV. Observing, Querying, Interpreting
- Introduction
- 13. Grounded Theory
- 14. Understanding Phenomenology through Reverse Perspectives
- 15. Observation
- 16. Discourse Analysis
- 17. Researching Online Practices
- Part V. Identity, Community and Representation
- Introduction
- 18. Life History and Narrative Methods
- 19. Social Semiotics and Multimodal Texts
- 20. Communities of Practice
- 21. Activity Theory
- 22. Researching Policy
- Part VI. Quantitative Methods: Theories and Perspectives
- Introduction
- 23. The Practice of Quantitative Methods
- 24. The Positivist Paradigm in Contemporary Social Research: The Interface of Psychology, Method and Sociocultural Theory
- 25. Understanding and Describing Quantitative Data
- 26. Differences and Relationships in Quantitative Data
- 27. An Introduction to Statistical Modelling
- Part VII. Quantitative Methods in Action
- Introduction
- 28. Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Social Inquiry
- 29. Random Reflections on Modelling, Geography and Voting
- 30. Methodological Issues in International Comparative Assessments of Educational Progress
- 31. Evaluating Literacy Advance in the Early Years of School
- 32. Working Backwards: The Road Less Travelled in Quantitative Methodology
- Part VIII. Researching in Postmodern Contexts
- Introduction
- 33. Deconstruction
- 34. From Hermeneutics to Post-Structuralism to Psycholanalysis
- 35. From Structuralism to Post-Structuralism
- 36. Feminism/Post-Structuralism
- Glossary
- Index
