Social research : philosophy, politics and practice

著者

• Hammersley, Martyn

書誌事項

Social research : philosophy, politics and practice

edited by Martyn Hammersley

Sage in association with the Open University, 1993

• : pbk

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This critical introduction to the principles of social and educational research draws together a key set of readings which offers a comprehensive approach to the wide range of values and practice in social research. Issues explored include: the relationship between quantitative and qualitative methods; positivism and the role of the natural sciences as a model for social research; the purposes of research - knowledge or the transformation of the social world; issues of race, gender and power in social research; the politics and ethics of data collection; and the validity and relevance of social research. Social Research is a set book for The Open University course DEH313 Principles of Social and Educational Research.

目次

Introduction PART ONE: PHILOSOPHY An Overall View of Positivism - Leszek Kolakowski Two Traditions - G H von Wright Qualitative Research and Psychological Theorizing - Karen L Henwood and Nick F Pidgeon The Elements of Critical Social Science - Brian Fay Traditions in Documentary Analysis - Victor Jupp and Clive Norris PART TWO: POLITICS Decolonializing Applied Social Sciences - Rodolfo Stavenhagen Towards a Methodology for Feminist Research - Maria Mies Intervention in New Social Movements - Elim Papadakis A Political Classification of Evaluation Studies in Education - Barry MacDonald The Value of Quantitative Methodology for Feminist Research - Toby Epstein Jayaratne `Race' and Statistics - Waqar I U Ahmad and Trevor A Sheldon PART THREE: PRACTICE Research Analysis of Administrative Records - Catherine Hakim How Official Statistics are Produced - Government Statisticians' Collective Views from the Inside `It's Great to Have Someone to Talk to' - Janet Finch Ethics and Politics of Interviewing Women Observation and the Police - Maurice Punch The Research Experience Increasing the Generalizability of Qualitative Research - Janet Ward Schofield The Obviousness of Social and Educational Research Results - N L Gage

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA20044002
• ISBN:
  • 0803988044
  • 0803988052
• LCCN: 92056439
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London
• ページ数/冊数: xiii, 242 p.
• 大きさ: 22 cm
• 分類:
  • DC20 : 300.72
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Education -- Research
  • LCSH : Social sciences -- Research