Product Description: Ethnography is one of the chief research methods in sociology, anthropology and other cognate disciplines in the social sciences. This Handbook provides an unparalleled critical guide to its principles and practice. The result is a landmark work in the field which draws on the expertise of an internationally renowned group of interdisciplinary scholars...read more

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Product Description: Coffey, A., Atkinson, P.A lo largo de este libro, Amanda Coffey y Paul Atkinson intentan ofrecer una respuesta a la siguiente pregunta: ¿cuál es la mejor manera de dotar de utilidad a la gran cantidad de datos disponibles, una vez que se ha diseñado el proyecto de investigación y que se han recogido los datos necesarios? L...read more

Product Description: How does sociology make sense of contemporary social policy? How has social policy engaged in sociological debates and developments? In what ways is social policy researched and represented? For undergraduate and postgraduate students of sociology, social policy, and the social sciences...read more

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Product Description: * How has education been transformed over recent decades? * What is the relationship between education and the state in contemporary society? * What are the consequences of educational change for schools, teachers, parents and learners? Education and Social Change undertakes a systematic sociological analysis of contemporary educational policy and practice...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

What are the relationships between the self and fieldwork? How do personal, emotional and identity issues impact upon working in the field? This book argues that ethnographers, and others involved in fieldwork, should be aware of how fieldwork research and ethnographic writing construct, reproduce and implicate selves, relationships and personal identities. All too often research methods texts remain relatively silent about the ways in which fieldwork affects us and we affect the field. The book attempts to synthesize accounts of the personal experience of ethnography. In doing so, the author makes sense of the process of fieldwork research as a set of practical, intellectual and emotional accomplishments. The book is (view table of contents)

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Product Description: This work draws together contributions on the theme of gender. They all call on qualitative research methods and offer a variety of perspectives on masculinity and femininity. The book also provides a sociological picture of how research on gender contributes to understanding gendered lives...read more

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Product Description: Once a research project has been designed and the data have been gathered, what is the best way to transform this information into something useful? The authors of this practical volume highlight the range of approaches available to qualitative researchers by using a single data set which they analyze using a number of techniques...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This volume presents a collection of studies on occupational socialization and the everyday realities of work. It includes detailed, empirically based accounts of a variety of occupational settings. Included are: social workers; trainee midwives; prison officers; accountants; teachers; psychiatrists; postgraduate research students...read more