Theory and methods in social research /
edited by Bridget Somekh and Cathy Lewin.
- Second edition.
- xxiii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Previous edition: Research methods in the social sciences, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
reading, reviewing and reflecting -- Introduction -- Research in the social sciences / Working with literatures / Ethical issues in generating public knowledge / listening, exploring the case and theorizing -- Ethnography / Research diaries / Case study / Interviewing and focus groups / addressing issues of power and researching for impact -- Introduction -- Feminist methodologies / Critical race theory and its use in social science research / Queer Theory / Action research / The purpose, practice and politics of sponsored evaluations / observing, querying, interpreting -- Introduction -- Grounded theory / Understanding phenomenology through reverse perspectives / Observation / Discourse analysis / Researching online practices / identity, community and representation -- Introduction -- Life History and narrative methods / Social semiotics and multimodal texts / Communities of practice / Activity theory / Researching policy / quantitative methods: theories and perspectives -- Introduction -- The practices of quantitative methods / The positivist paradigm in contemporary social research: the interface of psychology, method and sociocultural theory / Understanding and describing quantitative data / Differences and relationships in quantitative data / An introduction to statistical modelling / quantitative methods in action -- Introduction -- Combining qualitative and quantitative methods in social inquiry / Random reflections on modelling, geography and voting / Methodological issues in international comparative assessments of educational progress / Evaluating literacy advance in the early years of school / Working backwards: the road less travelled in quantitative methodology / researching in postmodern contexts -- Introduction -- Deconstruction / From hermeneutics to post-structuralism to psychoanalysis / From structuralism to post-structuralism / Feminism / post-structuralism / Bridget Somekh (and others)-- Barbara Kamler and Pat Thomson-- Heather Piper and Helen Simons-- Jo Frankham and Christina MacRae-- Mary Louise Holly and Herbert Altrichter-- Charlotte Chadderton and Harry Torrance-- Rosaline S. Barbour and John Schostak-- Diane Burns and Khatidja Chantler-- Laurence Parker and Lorna Roberts-- Lesbian and gay approaches / Gloria Filax (and others)-- Susan Noffke and Bridget Somekh-- Tineke Abma and Thomas A. Schwandt-- Juliet Corbin and Nicholas L. Holt-- Angie Titchen and Dawn Hobson-- Liz Jones and Bridget Somekh-- Alison Lee and Alan Petersen-- Colin Lankshear, Kevin M. Leander and Michele Knobel-- Scherto Gill and Ivor Goodson-- Diane Mavers and Gunther Kress-- David Benzie and Bridget Somekh-- Ines Langemeyer and Morten Nissen-- Jill Blackmore and Hugh Lauder-- Kelvyn Jones -- Charles Crook and Dean Garratt-- Cathy Lewin-- Sally Barnes and Cathy Lewin-- Kelvyn Jones-- Jennifer C Greene, Holly Kreider and Ellen Mayer-- Kelvyn Jones-- W J Pelgrum-- John Ainley-- Brian Doig-- Erica Burman and Maggie Maclure-- Tony Brown and Daniel Heggs-- Lee Miller, Joanne 'Bob' Whalley and Ian Stronach-- Bronwen Davies and Suzanne Gannon. Part one: 1. 2. 3. Part two: Introduction -- 4. 5. 6. 7. Part three: 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Part four: 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Part five: 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. Part six: 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. Part seven: 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. Part eight: 33. 34. 35. 36.
This new edition provides a scholarly and readable introduction to all the key qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and methods, enabling postgraduate and masters-level students and new researchers to reflect on which ones suit their needs and to receive guidance on how to find out more.