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It focuses on questions such as: How is new social scientific knowledge produced or existing knowledge further developed? What status does this knowledge have and how can this be established? To what extent can the ways of advancing knowledge in the natural sciences be used in the social sciences? What major dilemmas do social researchers face in the development of new knowledge? No other text offers such a clear and accessible, but still rigorous, account of these sometimes complex debates.
This second edition has been thoroughly updated to encompass the most contemporary debates about the conduct and underpinnings of social research. More attention is also paid to research practice. In addition, integrated empirical examples have been included to illustrate and extend the philosophical and theoretical discussion.
Approaches to Social Enquiry will be invaluable to advanced undergraduate and graduate students who are planning their own research or studying research methods, and to researchers across a wide range of disciplines.
It focuses on questions such as: How is new social scientific knowledge produced or existing knowledge further developed? What status does this knowledge have and how can this be established? To what extent can the ways of advancing knowledge in the natural sciences be used in the social sciences? What major dilemmas do social researchers face in the development of new knowledge? No other text offers such a clear and accessible, but still rigorous, account of these sometimes complex debates.
This second edition has been thoroughly updated to encompass the most contemporary debates about the conduct and underpinnings of social research. More attention is also paid to research practice. In addition, integrated empirical examples have been included to illustrate and extend the philosophical and theoretical discussion.
Approaches to Social Enquiry will be invaluable to advanced undergraduate and graduate students who are planning their own research or studying research methods, and to researchers across a wide range of disciplines.
List of Figures and Tables
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
INTRODUCTION
1 MAJOR CHOICES IN SOCIAL ENQUIRY
Introduction
Research Problem
Research Questions
Research Strategies
Researcher's Stance
Research Paradigms
The Status of Knowledge
Research Paradigms and Research Strategies
Chapter Summary
Further Reading
2 MAJOR DILEMMAS IN SOCIAL ENQUIRY
Introduction
Science and Social Science
Major Dilemmas
The Postmodern Turn
Chapter Summary
Further Reading
3 ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE USING FOUR RESEARCH STRATEGIES
Introduction
Styles of Reasoning
The Inductive Research Strategy
The Deductive Research Strategy
Combining the Inductive and Deductive Strategies
The Abductive Research Strategy
Combining Retroductive and Abductive Strategies
Chapter Summary
Further Reading
4 CLASSICAL RESEARCH PARADIGMS
Introduction
Positivism
Critical Rationalism
Classical Hermeneutics
Interpretivism
Chapter Summary
Further Reading
5 CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH PARADIGMS
Introduction
Critical Theory
Ethnomethodology
Social Realism
Contemporary Hermeneutics
Structuration Theory
Feminism
Chapter Summary
Further Reading
6 REVIEW AND CRITIQUE OF THE RESEARCH PARADIGMS
Introduction
Research Paradigms Revisited: Ontology and Epistemology
Critique of the Research Paradigms
Review of Some Major Dilemmas
Association between Research Strategies Research Paradigms
Conclusion
Further Reading
POSTSCRIPT: THE COMPLEXITY TURN
Introduction
Origins
Characteristics of Complex Systems
Key Ideas
The Reality of the Complex
Complexity and Postmodernism
Complexity and Research
Conclusion
REFERENCES
Notes
Figures and Tables
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
|---|---|
| ISBN-13: | 9780745634494 |
| ISBN-10: | 0745634494 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Blaikie, Norman |
| Auflage: | 2nd edition |
| Hersteller: | Polity Press |
| Maße: | 249 x 172 x 24 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Norman Blaikie |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.10.2007 |
| Gewicht: | 0,531 kg |
List of Figures and Tables
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
INTRODUCTION
1 MAJOR CHOICES IN SOCIAL ENQUIRY
Introduction
Research Problem
Research Questions
Research Strategies
Researcher's Stance
Research Paradigms
The Status of Knowledge
Research Paradigms and Research Strategies
Chapter Summary
Further Reading
2 MAJOR DILEMMAS IN SOCIAL ENQUIRY
Introduction
Science and Social Science
Major Dilemmas
The Postmodern Turn
Chapter Summary
Further Reading
3 ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE USING FOUR RESEARCH STRATEGIES
Introduction
Styles of Reasoning
The Inductive Research Strategy
The Deductive Research Strategy
Combining the Inductive and Deductive Strategies
The Abductive Research Strategy
Combining Retroductive and Abductive Strategies
Chapter Summary
Further Reading
4 CLASSICAL RESEARCH PARADIGMS
Introduction
Positivism
Critical Rationalism
Classical Hermeneutics
Interpretivism
Chapter Summary
Further Reading
5 CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH PARADIGMS
Introduction
Critical Theory
Ethnomethodology
Social Realism
Contemporary Hermeneutics
Structuration Theory
Feminism
Chapter Summary
Further Reading
6 REVIEW AND CRITIQUE OF THE RESEARCH PARADIGMS
Introduction
Research Paradigms Revisited: Ontology and Epistemology
Critique of the Research Paradigms
Review of Some Major Dilemmas
Association between Research Strategies Research Paradigms
Conclusion
Further Reading
POSTSCRIPT: THE COMPLEXITY TURN
Introduction
Origins
Characteristics of Complex Systems
Key Ideas
The Reality of the Complex
Complexity and Postmodernism
Complexity and Research
Conclusion
REFERENCES
Notes
Figures and Tables
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
|---|---|
| ISBN-13: | 9780745634494 |
| ISBN-10: | 0745634494 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Blaikie, Norman |
| Auflage: | 2nd edition |
| Hersteller: | Polity Press |
| Maße: | 249 x 172 x 24 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Norman Blaikie |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.10.2007 |
| Gewicht: | 0,531 kg |
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