Theory and methods in sociology
Subtitle: an introduction to sociological thinking and practice
By: John A Hughes and W.W. Sharrock
Contributors: Sharrock, W. W. (Wes W.)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
Subjects: Methodology; Philosophy; Sociology; Fieldwork
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The positivist project; title: The positivist project : introduction; title: Building a science of sociology; title: Variable analysis and measurement; title: Interviews and questionnaires; title: The social survey and multivariate analysis; title: The demise of positivism?; title: The contest over realism : introduction; title: The method of fieldwork; title: Explorations in actor's point of view; title: Data collection versus analysis; title: The refurbishing of critical sociology; title: Post-modernism, post structuralism; title: Discourses and research.