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The foundations of social research : meaning and perspective in the research process /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crotty, Michael
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1998.
Subjects:
Sociology > Research > Methodology.
Sociology > Philosophy.
Social sciences > Research > Methodology.
Social sciences > Philosophy.
Sociology.
Research.
Social Sciences.
Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction: the research process
  • 2. Positivism: the march of science
  • 3. Constructionism: the making of science
  • 4. Interpretivism: for and against culture
  • 5. Interpretivism: the way of hermeneutics
  • 6. Critical inquiry: the Marxist heritage
  • 7. Critical inquiry: contemporary critics & contemporary critique
  • 8. Feminism: re-visioning the man-made world
  • 9. Postmodernism: crisis of confidence or moment of truth?
  • 10. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.