| Description |
viii, 349 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction / Clive Seale -- Pt. I. Philosophy, Methodology and History. 2. Selected issues in the philosophy of social science / David Lazar. 3. Developments in social theory / Paul Filmer, Chris Jenks and Clive Seale [et al.]. 4. Feminist methodology / Heather Brunskell. 5. Gender, ethnicity and fieldwork: a case study / Anne-Marie Fortier. 6. The history of the social survey / Fran Tonkiss. 7. Historical and comparative research / Josep Llobera -- Pt. II. Beginning Research. 8. Research and social policy / David Silverman. 9. Research and social theory / David Silverman. 10. Writing a research proposal / Moira Kelly -- Pt. III. Doing Research. 11. Doing social surveys / Clive Seale and Paul Filmer. 12. Coding and analysing data / Clive Seale and Moira Kelly. 13. Statistical reasoning: from one to two variables / Clive Seale. 14. Statistical reasoning: causal arguments and multivariate analysis / Clive Seale. 15. Using official statistics / Don Slater |
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16. Qualitative interviewing / Clive Seale. 17. Doing ethnography / David Walsh. 18. Analysing cultural objects: content analysis and semiotics / Don Slater. 19. Analysing discourse / Fran Tonkiss. 20. Analysing conversation / David Silverman. 21. Analysing literary texts / Paul Filmer. 22. Reading and writing research / Les Back -- Pt. IV. Workshop and Discussion Exercises |
| Summary |
Comprehensive and well-illustrated, this is the definitive introductory textbook on methods and methodology for students in the social sciences and cultural studies. It is structured around three key objectives: to provide a full overview of, and introduction to, the research methods used in social science and cultural studies; to provide undergraduate and postgraduate students with the skills needed to begin research with working examples from actual research; and to examine the methodological and theoretical issues involved in doing research. Researching Society and Culture is divided into four parts: the first discusses the philosophy of social science, developments in social theory, methodology and the use of historical perspectives in research. Part Two explores considerations of importance at the beginning of a research project and discusses the writing of research proposals. The third part covers a full range of the methods in use by social and cultural researchers, including the use of social surveys; statistical data analysis; coding of qualitative and quantitative data; use of official statistics; interviewing; ethnography; content and semiotic analysis of visual images; discourse analysis; conversation analysis; and the use of literary texts in research, ending with a chapter on reading and writing research. The book concludes with a series of workshop and discussion exercises, tailored to each chapter, and designed to give students practical experience in using these methods |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-342) and index |
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Culture -- Research.
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Research -- Methodology.
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Social sciences -- Philosophy.
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Social sciences -- Methodology.
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Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology.
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Sociology -- Methodology.
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Sociology -- Philosophy.
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Social sciences -- Research.
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Sociology -- Research -- Methodology.
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Sociology -- Research.
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Culture [MESH]
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Culture.
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Research [MESH]
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Research.
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Sociometric Techniques [MESH]
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Sociometric Techniques.
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| Author |
Seale, Clive.
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| LC no. |
97062309 |
| ISBN |
0761952764 |
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0761952772 (paperback) |
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