Understanding Social Research (Social Research and Educational Studies Series) - Softcover

McKenzie, George

 
9780750707206: Understanding Social Research (Social Research and Educational Studies Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0750707208 ISBN 13: 9780750707206
Publisher: Routledge, 1997

Synopsis

In 1991 the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) published "Postgraduate Taining Guidelines". Throughout the document emphasis is placed on the need for universities to make postgraduate research students aware of the methodological issues that affect their work.; This text explores the relationship between knowledge, methodology and research practice across the broad spectrum of the social sciences in langage that is accessible to researchers at all levels of their research careers. It follows the themes that there is no single practice or correct methodology, and that the diversity and variety in terms of methodology and disciplinary focus are a sign of the sophistication and complexity of the proceses of social research. The text examines socio-cultural contexts of social research and relates them to contemporary shifts in focus such as feminism, critical theory and postmodernism. The importance of selecting the research methodology most appropriate to the subject discipline concerned is emphasized.

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McKenzie, George; Powell, Jane; Usher, Robin

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0750707208
ISBN 13 
9780750707206
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
246

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