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Social Research Martyn Hammersley

Social Research By Martyn Hammersley

Social Research by Martyn Hammersley

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An introduction to the principles of social and educational research, offering an assessment of issues of values and practice in social research. It discusses such issues as race, gender and power in social research; the politics and ethics of data collection; and the relevance of social research.

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Social Research: Philosophy, Politics and Practice by Martyn Hammersley

This critical introduction to the principles of social and educational research draws together a key set of readings which offers a comprehensive approach to the wide range of values and practice in social research. Issues explored include: the relationship between quantitative and qualitative methods; positivism and the role of the natural sciences as a model for social research; the purposes of research - knowledge or the transformation of the social world; issues of race, gender and power in social research; the politics and ethics of data collection; and the validity and relevance of social research.

Social Research is a set book for The Open University course DEH313 Principles of Social and Educational Research.

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`An important guide to current issues and debates in social research. Martyn Hammersley has assembled a useful range of source material for the beginning student' - Robert Burgess, University of Warwick

`All the readings are clear and incisive and have been well chosen as exemplars of a particular tradition or type of critique. Since they can be studied individually as well as collectively, this book will be invaluable for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate methods courses' - Journal of Social Policy

`Between them, the papers included in this book cover an impressive range of issues central to social research. The editor has succeeded in pulling together papers from a wide range of sources... and making them available in an easily-accessible form. The book could serve as a useful introduction to the field for undergraduate students, or as eye-opening background reading for research practitioners who have not had formal training in the philosophy of social investigation.' - ESRC Data Archive Bulletin

`The book accomplishes its purpose of illuminating the 'profound differences in approach' and should help the users of social research as well as practitioners.' - Educational Research

About Martyn Hammersley

Martyn Hammersley is Emeritus Professor of Educational and Social Research at The Open University, UK. He has carried out research in the sociology of education and the sociology of the media. However, much of his work has been concerned with the methodological issues surrounding social enquiry. He has written several books including (with Paul Atkinson) Ethnography: Principles in Practice (Third edition, Routledge, 2007), The Dilemma of Qualitative Method (Routledge, 1989), The Politics of Social Research (SAGE, 1995), Reading Ethnographic Research (Second edition, Longman, 1997), Taking Sides in Social Research (Routledge, 2000), Educational Research, Policymaking and Practice (Paul Chapman/SAGE, 2002), Questioning Qualitative Inquiry (SAGE, 2008), Methodology Who Needs It? (SAGE, 2011), The Myth of Research-Based Policy and Practice (SAGE, 2013), The Limits of Social Science (SAGE, 2014), and The Radicalism of Ethnomethodology (Manchester University Press, 2018). Website: http://martynhammersley.wordpress.com/

Table of Contents

Introduction PART ONE: PHILOSOPHY An Overall View of Positivism - Leszek Kolakowski Two Traditions - G H von Wright Qualitative Research and Psychological Theorizing - Karen L Henwood and Nick F Pidgeon The Elements of Critical Social Science - Brian Fay Traditions in Documentary Analysis - Victor Jupp and Clive Norris PART TWO: POLITICS Decolonializing Applied Social Sciences - Rodolfo Stavenhagen Towards a Methodology for Feminist Research - Maria Mies Intervention in New Social Movements - Elim Papadakis A Political Classification of Evaluation Studies in Education - Barry MacDonald The Value of Quantitative Methodology for Feminist Research - Toby Epstein Jayaratne `Race' and Statistics - Waqar I U Ahmad and Trevor A Sheldon PART THREE: PRACTICE Research Analysis of Administrative Records - Catherine Hakim How Official Statistics are Produced - Government Statisticians' Collective Views from the Inside `It's Great to Have Someone to Talk to' - Janet Finch Ethics and Politics of Interviewing Women Observation and the Police - Maurice Punch The Research Experience Increasing the Generalizability of Qualitative Research - Janet Ward Schofield The Obviousness of Social and Educational Research Results - N L Gage

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GOR001265569
9780803988057
0803988052
Social Research: Philosophy, Politics and Practice by Martyn Hammersley
Martyn Hammersley
Published in Association with The Open University
Used - Very Good
Paperback
SAGE Publications Ltd
1992-12-11
256
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