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ISBN: 9781462505128 - The Research Journey The Research Journey
Sharon F Rallis, Gretchen B Rossman

ISBN10: 1462505120  ISBN13: 9781462505128
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 08 May 2012
Designed to foster "inquiry-mindedness," this book prepares graduate students to develop a conceptual framework and conduct inquiry projects that are linked to ongoing conversations in a field. The authors examine different ways of knowing and... More

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ISBN: 9780230241589 - Social Research After the Cultural Turn Social Research After the Cultural Turn
Sasha Roseneil, Stephen Frosh

ISBN10: 0230241581  ISBN13: 9780230241589
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 12 Jan 2012
This collection explores the contested meanings and diverse practices of social research in the context of contemporary theoretical debates in cultural and social theory, addressing fundamental questions facing those working in the social and... More

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ISBN: 9780521132770 - Social Science Methodology Social Science Methodology
John Gerring

ISBN10: 0521132770  ISBN13: 9780521132770
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 15 Dec 2011
New and thoroughly revised edition of this exceptional textbook, offering a one-volume introduction to social science methodology. John Gerring's exceptional textbook has been thoroughly revised in this second edition. It offers a one... More

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ISBN: 9780230111721 - Interpreting Clifford Geertz Interpreting Clifford Geertz
Jeffrey C Alexander, Philip Smith, Matthew Norton

ISBN10: 0230111726  ISBN13: 9780230111721
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 07 Jun 2011
Theorist Clifford Geertz's influence extends far beyond anthropology. Indeed the case could be made that he has been abandoned by anthropology and that his legacy has been transferred to a more diffuse community of scholars interested in... More

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ISBN: 9780415548250 - Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Social and Political Theory Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Social and Political Theory
Gerard Delanty, Stephen P Turner

ISBN10: 041554825X  ISBN13: 9780415548250
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 21 Mar 2011
The triangular relationship between the social, the political and the cultural has opened up social and political theory to new challenges. The social can no longer be reduced to the category of society, and the political extends beyond the... More

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ISBN: 9780822348344 - Immanuel Wallerstein and the Problem of the World Immanuel Wallerstein and the Problem of the World
David Palumbo-Liu, Bruce Robbins, Nirvana Tanoukhi

ISBN10: 0822348349  ISBN13: 9780822348344
Publisher: Duke University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 11 Mar 2011
Discusses the meaning and implications of world-scale humanist scholarship by engaging with Immanuel Wallerstein's world-systems analysis In this collection of essays, leading cultural theorists consider the meaning and implications of world... More

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ISBN: 9780759113268 - Causal Explanation for Social Scientists Causal Explanation for Social Scientists
Andrew P Vayda Andrew P Vayda, Bradley B Walters

ISBN10: 0759113262  ISBN13: 9780759113268
Publisher: AltaMira Press,U.S.
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 16 Feb 2011
All social scientists, despite their differences on many issues, ask causal questions about the world. In this anthology, Andrew P. Vayda and Bradley B. Walters set forth strategy and methods to answer those questions. All social scientists... More

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ISBN: 9781848601086 - Using Mixed Methods Using Mixed Methods
David Plowright

ISBN10: 1848601085  ISBN13: 9781848601086
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 20 Dec 2010
This book will hold the novice researcher's hand through the process of undertaking a research project using mixed methods. It has a particular focus on ethics, a key concern for researchers in education and the social sciences. "Using Mixed... More

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ISBN: 9781609181468 - Handbook of Emergent Methods Handbook of Emergent Methods
Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber, Patricia Leavy

ISBN10: 1609181468  ISBN13: 9781609181468
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 17 Dec 2010
Social researchers increasingly find themselves looking beyond conventional methods to address complex research questions. This is the first book to comprehensively examine emergent qualitative and quantitative theories and methods across the... More

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ISBN: 9780230247888 - Mass Observation and Everyday Life Mass Observation and Everyday Life
Nick Hubble

ISBN10: 0230247881  ISBN13: 9780230247888
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 16 Apr 2010
The social research organization, Mass-Observation, was one of the most innovative intellectual projects of the 20th century. This study, now available in paperback, examines the historical and social significance of the project and shows how... More