Social Research: Issues, Methods and Process

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Open University Press, 2001 - 258 sivua
The fully revised and updated third edition of this hugely popular text incorporates the latest developments in the interdisciplinary field of social research, while retaining the style and structure that appealed to so many in the first two editions. Tim May successfully bridges the gap between theory and methods in social research, clearly illuminating these essential components for understanding the dynamics of social relations. The book is divided into two parts, with Part I examining the issues and perspectives in social research and Part II setting out the methods and processes. Revisions and additions have been made to Part I to take account of new ways of thinking about the relationship between theory and research, and values and ethics in the research process. These take on board advances in post-empiricist thinking, as well as the relations between values, objectivity and data collection. Where necessary, recommended readings and references to studies that form the bases of discussions throughoutthe book have been updated.

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Perspectives on social scientific research
5
The relationship between social theory and social research
28
Values and ethics in the research process
46
4
71
design to analysis
88
methods and process
120
perspectives and practice
146
excavations and evidence
175
The process of documentary research
181
The analysis of documents
190
potential and problems
200
Bibliography
220
Author index
250
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