This volume focuses on social fiction as both a methodological tool and a research product. Drawing on original stories and social theories, this diverse group of authors offers their perspectives to provide a practical guide for developing skills i...Loe edasi...
This book is a hands-on guide to three of the most essential qualitative research toolsshadowing, focus groups, and qualitative interviews. Offering a clear and practical framework, it equips researchers with the methodological understanding needed...Loe edasi...
Autoethnography: A Case for the Defence presents a thoughtful and compelling exploration of autoethnography as a research methodology, addressing the growing wave of academic, analytical, and ethical critiques that accompany its rising prominence....Loe edasi...
The Handbook of Reconfiguring Interpretation in (Post) Qualitative Research addresses different roles, functions, and reconfigurations of interpretation in qualitative and postqualitative research....Loe edasi...
In this revised and expanded second edition, Hadley unravels the often-tangled understanding regarding Grounded Theory, a research methodology employed globally by social scientists, educators, and qualitative researchers. This practical guidebook w...Loe edasi...
This book is an essential guide for students, researchers, and practitioners involved in qualitative research across various disciplines. It explores the philosophy, methodology, and practical aspects of qualitative research, offering a robust frame...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1992, this book is an original contribution to overcoming the impasse of totalizing theories in the sociology of development by arguing for an actor-oriented approach to the analysis of social change....Loe edasi...
Developing Qualitative Descriptions presents a straightforward approach for producing academically rigorous descriptions using qualitative data. This book, the first focused solely on qualitative description, is accessible to readers with no prior b...Loe edasi...
The Routledge International Handbook of Gender-Based Violence Research equips researchers, educators and policymakers with the practical tools and critical reflections needed to navigate the complexities of GBV research, from conceptualisation and f...Loe edasi...
First published in 1971, Experiments in Recreation Research examines critically the techniques of assessment, measurement, and projection for use in studies of the supply and demand aspects of sport and recreation. The merit of the book lies in its...Loe edasi...
Research Design Using Systemic Thinking provides a fresh approach to conducting research, emphasising the importance of systemic thinking as a framework for structuring scientific inquiry....Loe edasi...
This book is a comprehensive and engaging guide to the art and science of autoethnography, a qualitative research method that blends personal narrative with cultural analysis. Designed to be both practical and theoretically grounded, the book offers...Loe edasi...
This book considers how methodologies, theories and analytical frameworks from gender studies can be applied to African societies different contexts. The book can help researchers to gain deeper insights into discrimination, inequalities, and gender...Loe edasi...
A guidebook for doctoral students and their advisors, this book provides a map to the many parts of a doctoral thesis from the statement of the problem, preparation of the proposal, theory, methods, description and interpretations of findings to th...Loe edasi...
Critical Visual Methods to Advance Racial Justice in Educational Research advances critical research methodologies for analyzing visual and multimodal data, with particular attention to racial justice and minoritized communities....Loe edasi...
This thoroughly practical and engaging textbook conveys the skills needed to responsibly develop, conduct, scrutinize, and interpret statistical analyses without requiring high-level math. Rather than focusing on complicated equations, the book desc...Loe edasi...
Social Research Methods and Applications is a comprehensive reference and inclusive account of social research methods covering all aspects of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method research methodology....Loe edasi...
The book provides end-to-end skills in visual data analysis. It demonstrates how data graphics and modern statistics can be used in tandem to process, explore, model and communicate data-driven social science. It is packed with detailed data analysi...Loe edasi...
This book examines the normalisation of Private Military and Security Companies, and analyses US media discourse around the Nisour Square incident in Iraq as a pivotal case....Loe edasi...
This is the first research methods book on the application of using a co-production approach for physical activity for health research. The authors encourage ongoing innovation and advancement in co-production methodology, and by involving a wide ra...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1985, this book investigates, through real cases, whether independently funded research which was intended to solve social problems has had the desired effect....Loe edasi...
This student friendly book demonstrates how to take a critical approach to the research design process, to create feasible, original, and critical research works....Loe edasi...
Critics maintained that there were philosophical flaws inherent in survey practice which made it unacceptable as valid method; sociology students were taught that surveys are positivist. In The Survey Method, first published in 1982, Catherine Marsh...Loe edasi...
First published in 1990,this title is a methodology textbook that provides students, lecturers and all those involved in social research with an invaluable illustrative guide. The author argues that critical social research offers a perspective and...Loe edasi...
At a time when funding for primary data collection was increasingly constrained, the secondary analysis of high-quality government surveys offered the social scientist an unrivalled opportunity. Originally published in 1988, this volume provided a g...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1988, this book takes the reader through the theoretical and practical maze that has to be negotiated before definitive statements about cause and effect in social research can be made. It was designed for the undergraduate s...Loe edasi...
What do we mean by survey data? What are good data, and how do we recognise them? First published in 1984, Nicholas Bateson tackles these questions and, in doing so, offers a redefinition of the validity of survey data and suggests a new approach o...Loe edasi...
First published in 1981, this title is not a how-to guide on the construction of social indicators, but rather a critical and optimistic view of central issues, as embodied in the literature and in practice at the time. It contrasts some basic probl...Loe edasi...
Elites are crucial groups of people in all but the very simplest societies. But who exactly are they, and how does one study them? Originally published in 1987, Research Methods for Elite Studies provided a wide-ranging survey of the techniques, pro...Loe edasi...
What Does the American Presidency Mean? The Need for Interpretation in Presidency Studies makes a compelling case for how interpretivism contributes to our understanding of the American presidency. This brief book is accessible and inviting, regardl...Loe edasi...
Critical Qualitative Research & Social Justice is an encyclopedia-esque book that is a must have for any researcher interested in critical and social justice qualitative research. It helps readers understand and navigate the labyrinthine of critical...Loe edasi...
In this book, James M. Curry introduces legislative scholars to the value and importance of interpretive research. Understanding American Legislatures is a must-read contribution to the study of legislatures and our discourse about methods in Americ...Loe edasi...
This book explores the relationship between artistic and sociological narratives, considering the ways in which artistic narratives in their different forms can be both subjects of sociological observation and tools for the sociological analysis of...Loe edasi...
Improving Local Government Performance Through Benchmarking sets the record straight on benchmarking and its value for performance improvement in local government....Loe edasi...
Geneva and the Drift to War (1938) is based on the work of the 1937 session of the Geneva Institute of International Relations, which brought together experts to pool the results of their studies in international affairs, their experience of interna...Loe edasi...
Sampling (1967) aims to simplify sampling theory for social scientists. It discusses percentages and weighted averages; frequency distributions; experimental and theoretical sampling distributions; problems of estimation and significance; practical...Loe edasi...
This International Conference aimed to provide a platform for bringing out research and innovative ideas to shape education for the future of the built environment in the context of emerging technologies and environments and the National Education P...Loe edasi...
Volunteer tourism and the moral self, offers a new lens to conceptualise volunteer tourism through the moral self. It moves the conceptualisation of volunteer tourism to the broader discussion around ways of being and becoming a moral self....Loe edasi...
Creating Critical Research Poetry critically engages with the ways in which research can poetically approach textual representations that narrate the unnarratable and contest the uncontested....Loe edasi...
This fully updated second edition offers an advanced introduction to quantitative methods that focuses on why and how to conduct research that contributes to social justice. It includes updated real-world case studies, interviews with scholar-activi...Loe edasi...
Social Surveys (1949) examines a host of fact-finding studies, dealing mainly with working class poverty, and the associated nature and problems. To describe the structure of a community demands a study of the people who compose it, and the environm...Loe edasi...
Doing Good Social Science takes readers on a personal and thought-provoking journey and empowers readers to become unshakeable, free-thinking scholars. This book is a compelling read for advanced students, early career researchers, and any academic...Loe edasi...
Nuclear Deterrence (1968) examines the issue of nuclear-armed powers deterring attacks upon themselves with the threats of devastating retaliatory responses. It looks at the number of assumptions and conditions associated with the policy, and the di...Loe edasi...
Turkish Nationalism and Western Civilization (1959) presents Ziya Gökalps synthesis of nationalism, Islam and Western civilization. Gökalp (18761924) deserves the attention of social practitioners for his insight into the problems of accommodating n...Loe edasi...
The Functional Analysis of Politics (1967) discusses the feasibility of looking at political activities as constituting a system and of the concepts of structures and functions as general categories of political activities....Loe edasi...
This book summarizes practical principles, guidelines, and best practices for developing and testing survey questionnaires driven and supported by theoretical and empirical research. It provides a broad overview of literature on questionnaire design...Loe edasi...
This book uses a declarative mapping methodology to examine a range of issues relating to environmental and social justice issues, including climate change, homelessness, refugees, food insecurity, and racial and gender inequality....Loe edasi...
Routledge International Handbook of Visual Research Methods in Anthropology is about the various conceptualizations of the qualities and values of light, sight, images and technologies of imaging, and the ways in which these concepts are put into pr...Loe edasi...
