Martyn (Hrsg.) Hammersley

Social Research

Philosophy, Politics and Practice

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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 O… Mehr

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ISBN: 978-0-8039-8805-7
EAN: 9780803988057
Produktnummer: 9488109
Verlag: Sage Publications UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Seitenangabe: 260 S.
Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.5 cm 352 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 352

Über den Autor

Martyn Hammersley is Professor of Educational and Social Research at The Open University. He has carried out research in the sociology of education and the sociology of the media. However, much of his work has been concerned with the methodological issues surrounding social enquiry. He has written several books, including: Reading Ethnographic Research (Longman 1991); What's Wrong with Ethnography? (Routledge 1992); The Politics of Social Research (Sage 1995); Taking Sides in Social Research (Routledge, 1999); Educational Research, Policymaking and Practice (Paul Chapman, 2002), Questioning Qualitative Inquiry (Sage 2008), Methodology, Who Needs It? (Sage, 2011), and What is Qualitative Research? (Continuum/Bloomsbury, 2013)