Feminist methodologies for critical researchers : bridging differences

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    • Sprague, Joey

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Feminist methodologies for critical researchers : bridging differences

Joey Sprague

(Gender lens)

Rowman & Littlefield, c2016

2nd ed

  • : pbk

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Bibliography: p. 243-275

Includes index

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This accessible text on social research methodology teaches students of sociology and related disciplines how standard methods can be adapted toward critical ends. The second edition has been updated throughout to incorporate the latest critical scholarship, enhanced discussion of qualitative methods, new material on global issues, sex/sexuality/gender, new discussion of intersectionality, how social media can shape research, and more. Author Joey Sprague describes and evaluates a wide array of methodological options-from quantitative to qualitative-and explores the links between epistemology and methodology. She proposes a program to overcome bias in standard methodologies and offers practical suggestions that can be used effectively by all progressive researchers. The second edition of Feminist Methodology for Critical Researchers is of value to scholars across disciplines and an essential text or supplement for methods classes.

Table of Contents

1.The Field of Vision Why Feminists? Who Am I? What Is Methodology? What's Keeping Sociology from Its Promise? Knowing Choices 2.Seeing through Science: Epistemologies Positivism: Do the Facts Speak for Themselves? Radical Social Constructionism: Is Knowledge Illusion? Critical Realism Standpoint Theory Critical Realism or Standpoint Theory? Critically Seeking Reality 3.Authority and Power Power and Authority, Ideology and Knowledge The Subjectivist (MIS)Interpretation of Standpoint Epistemology Social Standpoint Epistemology 4.How Feminists Count: Critical Strategies for Quantitative Methods Problems with Standard Quantitative Methodology How Feminists Use Quantitative Methods Conclusion 5.Qualitative Shifts: Feminist Strategies in Field Research and Interviewing Feminist Critiques of Qualitative Methodology Increasing the Researcher/Researched Connection Compensating for the Researcher's Standpoint Constructing Collaborations Conclusion 6.Whose Questions? Whose Answers? Asking Critical Questions To Whom Are We Providing Answers? 7.Changing Sociology/ Changing the World Changing Research Changing Our Discipline Changing Ourselves Bibliography

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