Challenges and responsibilities of social research in Africa
Subtitle: ethical issues
By: edited by Apollo Rwomire and Francis B. Nyamnjoh.
Contributors: Rwomire, Apollo, 1945-; Nyamnjoh, Francis B., 1961-; Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Publisher: Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Social sciences -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Africa; Research -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Africa
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Toward a predicament-oriented approach to social research ethics  -- F. Nyamnjoh; title: Revelations  -- D. Durham; title: Codes and dignity : ethics and research on violence  -- F.C. Ross; title: How ethical can social researchers be? : the challenges of patient-centred HIV/AIDs research  -- E.P. Mukamaambo; title: Ethical challenges and responsibilities : the case of Freedom Park  -- A. Moos; title: Issues of accountability in survey, ethnographic and action research  -- N. Romm; title: Uses and abuses of social science research  -- A. Rwomire; title: Improving the ethical dimension of social research : the case of economics research  -- S.M. Kapunda; title: Statistical components of social research ethics  -- N. Forcheh; title: Some ethical considerations in selecting research methods  -- J. O'Brien; title: Information ethics in the twenty-first century : issues and contexts in libraries  -- B. Mbambo; title: Political science and ethical research in Botswana  -- Z. Maundeni; title: Community involvement in social research in Botswana  -- B.K. Acquah; title: Challenges of doing qualitative research with children : insights from a study of children's experiences of divorce in Botswana  -- T. Maundeni; title: Ethical issues in a study of how urban women deal with impoverishment  -- V.N. Muzvidziwa; title: White on Black : some ethical issues raised by a white Englishman interviewing Black students in Botswana  -- R. Pattman; title: Ethical responsibilities of an African-centred researcher  -- G. Ramsey; title: Policy research : the dilemma of transforming theory into action  -- K. Osei-Hwedie; title: Social science research ethics : too much of a good thing?  -- C. Studman; title: Research coordination and ethical considerations in Botswana  -- I.N. Mazonde and S.H. Msimanga-Ramatebele; title: Decolonising ethics in social research : towards a framework for research ethics in African contexts -- B. Chilisa.