Accountability in Social Research
Subtitle: Issues and Debates
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: May 31, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780306465642
Subjects: Social research & statistics; Social Sciences Research; Social Science; Sociology; General; Methodology; Research; Social Science / General; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Moral and ethical aspects; Philosophy; Professional Ethics; Science; Social sciences; Social scientists
First sentence: The focus of this book is on the way in which accountability in the practice of social research can be approached.
Description: "The book considers issues relating to accountability in social research by juxtaposing seven ways of approaching the issues and by moving toward the development of a particular approach to the earning of trust on the part of researchers. A conception of the practice and assessment of discursive accountability is presented as an option for consideration.

The book grapples with the issue of accountability in social research by considering the extent to which and ways in which it is addressed in a number of different positions regarding the practice of social science. The focus of the book is on reviewing discourses around the practice of 'professional' inquiry, with a view to highlighting differing arguments around the question of what it might mean to assess researchers' accountabilities. The book is structured around considering in detail various views on accountability in relation to one another.

A comprehensive comparison of arguments is presented in the first two chapters of the book."--BOOK JACKET.