Social Research

Paradigms in Action
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-7456-7184-0
Verlag: Polity Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

This unique book explains the central role that research paradigms play in the design and conduct of social research. The authors argue that social research should not just describe or confirm a social problem but should seek to find an explanation for it - and to do so requires research with ?eyes philosophically wide open?.

Important philosophical and practice elements of three widely recognized paradigms - Neo-Positive, Interpretive and Critical Realist - are carefully elaborated and their use in action illustrated with detailed examples. The authors show that the philosophical assumptions of a chosen paradigm must match those embedded in a characterization of a research problem and its context. This paradigm orientation is shown to be fundamental to appropriately framing a problem, formulating research questions, deciding on a logic of inquiry and selecting and using methods to investigate it.

Ultimately, an appropriate paradigm orientation to social research provides a dispassionate, rigorous and effective basis for the production of new social scientific knowledge. Following on from Blaikie?s Approaches to Social Enquiry and Designing Social Research, this innovative book will be invaluable to upper-level and research students, their lecturers and supervisors, and researchers across the social sciences.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blaikie, Norman

Priest, Jan

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. Fundamental Choices in Social Research

2. Road Maps for Research

3. Principles of Neo-positive Research

4. Two Illustrations of the Neo-positive Research Paradigm in Action

5. Principles of Interpretive Research

6. Two Illustrations of the Interpretive Research Paradigm in Action

7. Principles of Critical Realist Research

8. Two Illustrations of the Critical Realist Research Paradigm in Action

9 Multiple Paradigm Research

10. And Another Thing É

Appendix: Review Questions

Über Autor(innen)

Norman Blaikie is a former Professor of Sociology at RMIT University, Melbourne, and the University of Science, Malaysia

Jan Priest is a former Adjunct Professor at RMIT University, Melbourne, and Director (performance research and consulting) at InfoServ Pty Ltd in Melbourne