TY - BOOK TI - Theory and methods in social research SN - 9781849200158 U1 - 300.72 PY - 2011/// CY - Los Angeles, London PB - SAGE KW - Social sciences KW - Research KW - Methodology N1 - Previous ed.: Research methods in the social sciences, 2005; Includes bibliographical references and index; Part one: reading, reviewing and reflecting -- Introduction -- 1. Research in the social sciences / Bridget Somekh (and others) -- 2. Working with literatures / Barbara Kamler and Pat Thomson -- 3. Ethical issues in generating public knowledge / Heather Piper and Helen Simons -- Part two: listening, exploring the case and theorizing -- Introduction -- 4. Ethnography / Jo Frankham and Christina MacRae -- 5. Research diaries / Mary Louise Holly and Herbert Altrichter -- 6. Case study / Charlotte Chadderton and Harry Torrance -- 7. Interviewing and focus groups / Rosaline S. Barbour and John Schostak -- Part three: addressing issues of power and researching for impact -- Introduction -- 8. Feminist methodologies / Diane Burns and Khatidja Chantler -- 9. Critical race theory and its use in social science research / Laurence Parker and Lorna Roberts -- 10. Queer Theory / Lesbian and gay approaches / Gloria Filax (and others) -- 11. Action research / Susan Noffke and Bridget Somekh -- 12. The purpose, practice and politics of sponsored evaluations / Tineke Abma and Thomas A. Schwandt -- Part four: observing, querying, interpreting -- Introduction -- 13. Grounded theory / Juliet Corbin and Nicholas L. Holt -- 14. Understanding phenomenology through reverse perspectives / Angie Titchen and Dawn Hobson -- 15. Observation / Liz Jones and Bridget Somekh -- 16. Discourse analysis / Alison Lee and Alan Petersen -- 17. Researching online practices / Colin Lankshear, Kevin M. Leander and Michele Knobel -- Part five: identity, community and representation -- Introduction -- 18. Life History and narrative methods / Scherto Gill and Ivor Goodson -- 19. Social semiotics and multimodal texts / Diane Mavers and Gunther Kress -- 20. Communities of practice / David Benzie and Bridget Somekh -- 21. Activity theory / Ines Langemeyer and Morten Nissen -- 22. Researching policy / Jill Blackmore and Hugh Lauder -- Part six: quantitative methods: theories and perspectives -- Introduction -- 23. The practices of quantitative methods / Kelvyn Jones -- 24. The positivist paradigm in contemporary social research: the interface of psychology, method and sociocultural theory / Charles Crook and Dean Garratt -- 25. Understanding and describing quantitative data / Cathy Lewin -- 26. Differences and relationships in quantitative data / Sally Barnes and Cathy Lewin -- 27. An introduction to statistical modelling / Kelvyn Jones -- Part seven: quantitative methods in action -- Introduction -- 28. Combining qualitative and quantitative methods in social inquiry / Jennifer C Greene, Holly Kreider and Ellen Mayer -- 29. Random reflections on modelling, geography and voting / Kelvyn Jones -- 30. Methodological issues in international comparative assessments of educational progress / W J Pelgrum -- 31. Evaluating literacy advance in the early years of school / John Ainley -- 32. Working backwards: the road less travelled in quantitative methodology / Brian Doig -- Part eight: researching in postmodern contexts -- Introduction -- 33. Deconstruction / Erica Burman and Maggie Maclure -- 34. From hermeneutics to post-structuralism to psychoanalysis / Tony Brown and Daniel Heggs -- 35. From structuralism to post-structuralism / Lee Miller, Joanne 'Bob' Whalley and Ian Stronach -- 36. Feminism / post-structuralism / Bronwen Davies and Suzanne Gannon ER -