Social science research

from field to desk
This clear, straightforward textbook embraces the practical reality of actually doing fieldwork. It tackles the common problems faced by new researchers head on, offering sensible advice and instructive case studies from the author’s own experience. Barbara Czarniawska takes us on a master class through the research process, encouraging us to revisit the various facets of the fieldwork research and helping us to reframe our own experiences. Combining a conversational style of writing with an impressive range of empirical examples she takes..
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Prologue : a method guide for the perplexed -- What, why, and how? -- Reviewing literature -- Designing the study -- Interviewing -- Observation on the move : shadowing -- Following objects and quasi-objects -- Tools for fieldwork -- Surviving in the field : practicalities and personalities -- Excursions into cyberspace -- Analyzing field material -- Text analyses -- Writing it up -- Good academic writing : beauty and credibility -- When to stop, and what to do next

Social science research (Engelsk)

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Bognummer: 
636365
Nota udgivelsesår: 
2017
Udgave: 
Sage, 2014
ISBN: 
9781446293942