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Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Research Methods in the Social Sciences [Kõva köide]

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Encompassing theoretical, epistemological, and methodological strategies and approaches, this Concise Encyclopedia provides an interdisciplinary overview of social science research methods.


Leading international scholars explore the meta-theoretical presuppositions of social research, along with entries spanning diverse topics including among others the role of art, artificial intelligence, digitalization and oral history. The Encyclopedia traces the evolution of historical research within the field, while highlighting contemporary digital, longitudinal, militant ethnography and other innovations. It promotes methodological pluralism and multi-method research, combining quantitative and qualitative strategies in its investigation of social phenomena and processes.


This Concise Encyclopedia is a valuable resource for scholars, students and researchers across the social sciences looking to orient themselves in this important field.


Key Features:

  • Adopts flexible and interdisciplinary perspectives
  • Contains 47 accessible and highly informative entries
  • Engages with constructive debates about different methodological approaches
  • Covers both broad and specialized topics



Encompassing theoretical, epistemological, and methodological strategies and approaches, this Concise Encyclopedia provides an interdisciplinary overview of social science research methods.

Arvustused

This volume is a crucial intervention, moving social research past the restrictive subject-object dualism. By embracing methodological reflexivity and engaged research, it powerfully asserts that social science is not merely interpreting the world, but actively participating in its construction. Essential reading for scholars seeking a holistic, ethically grounded approach to knowledge production. -- Ricard Zapata-Barrero, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain

Contents
Preface xiv
Acknowledgements xvi
1 Agent-based modelling 1
Leonardo Bargigli, Luca Riccetti, Alberto Russo, and Nicola Visonà
2 Arts-based research 10
Margrit Schreier and Nicole Weydmann
3 Coding qualitative data 18
Philip Adu
4 Critical realism 27
John Michael Roberts
5 Critical realism methods 34
Michalis Christodoulou
6 Dialectics and research methods in social sciences 42
Manolis Dafermos
7 Digital ethnography 48
Georgios Chatzichristos
8 Discourse analysis 54
Eleftheria Tseliou and Filippos Tentolouris
9 Epistemology of social sciences 62
Nikos Nagopoulos
10 Experimental ethnographic methods 69
Carlos Diz and Eleder Piñeiro Aguiar
11 Experiments in social research 77
Petros Roussos
12 FAIR data 84
Dimitra Kondyli
13 Focus groups 91
Jackie Waterfield and Julius Sim
14 Focused ethnography 98
Leanne M. Kelly
15 Grounded theory 105
Giorgos Tsiolis
16 Homelessness research 113
Vassilis P. Arapoglou and Ioanna Gouseti
17 Longitudinal research 120
Emanuela Sala and Daniele Zaccaria
18 Mapping methods for the social sciences 127
Dounia Salamé and Luce Beeckmans
19 Methodological nationalism 132
Kyriakos Bonidis
20 Methods in demography 141
Pavlos Baltas
21 Methods in economic geography 150
Elias A. Kourliouros
22 Militant research in the social sciences 160
Charalampos Tsavdaroglou
23 Mixed methods 167
Theodoros Iosifides
24 New materialisms and social research methodology 171
Nick J. Fox
25 Oral history methods 180
Christos Chrysanthopoulos and Eleni Kyramargiou
26 Phenomenology and social research 185
Henrik Gert Larsen
27 Positivism and social sciences 193
Tryfonas Lemontzoglou
28 Postmodern methods (and techniques) 196
Lila Leontidou
29 Pragmatism for social research 203
Leanne M. Kelly and Maya Cordeiro
30 Qualitative content analysis 211
Margrit Schreier
31 Qualitative data analysis software in the era of artificial intelligence
219
Loukia-Maria Fratsea
32 Qualitative interviewing 227
Kathryn Roulston
33 Qualitative social research 236
Theodoros Iosifides
34 Quantitative methods in social research 243
Eleni Gaki
35 Rank-size analysis: a methodological view 252
Roy Cerqueti and Marcel Ausloos
36 Realist evaluation 258
Ana Manzano
37 Reflexivity in social research 264
Nicole Brown
38 Regression analysis 269
Sotirios Koukoulas
39 Research ethics 277
Manos Savvakis
40 Research methods in economics 284
Martin Paldam
41 Research methods in rural studies 292
Apostolos G. Papadopoulos
42 Research methods in urban segregation 300
Thomas Maloutas and Vassilis P. Arapoglou
43 Social constructionism 307
Anna Traianou and Martyn Hammersley
44 Structural equation models 313
Alessandro Magrini
45 Survey research 318
Jung-Sook Lee
46 Visual methods 327
Paula González Granados and Ana Lucía Hernández Cordero
Edited by Theodoros Iosifides, Professor of Social Science Methods, Department of Geography, University of the Aegean, Greece