Methodology

In spite of the seeming heterogeneity of topics in its title - Revolutions, Systems, and Theories - this volume purports to be something more than a random collection of Essays in Political Philosophy. The Colloquium of the Philosophy Department of the...

This book is the result of extensive studies by the authors in the fields of research in. and analysis and design of. the system of management of production organizations under a socialist econ omy. The management of the national economy in the USSR is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783659588389Author Nunoo Edward KwekuFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic...

Advancing Digital Humanities moves beyond definition of this dynamic and fast growing field to show how its arguments, analyses, findings and theories are pioneering new directions in the humanities globally.About the AuthorPaul Longley Arthur,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639766233Author Oyibe Ogene AzubuikeFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Scholars' PressPublisher Scholars' PressWeight(grams) 304g

In many contexts of everyday life we find ourselves faced with the problem of reconciling the views of several persons. These problems are usually solved by resorting to some opinion aggre gating procedure, like voting. Very often the problem is thought...

1. PROGRESS IN UTILITY AND RISK THEORY At the First International Congress of Utility and Risk Theory in Oslo 1982 (FUR-82) it appeared to be a widespread feeling among the participants that the conference signalled something like a paradigm shift in the...

This book focuses on the premise that contemporary postcolonial women writersreclaim a new position of writing which mirrors and transcends the storytellingof Shahrazad in terms of theme and structure. It questions the extent to whichShahrazad is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789050958790Author Fons CoomansFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Intersentia PublishersPublisher Intersentia Publishers

1. PROGRESS IN UTILITY AND RISK THEORY At the First International Congress of Utility and Risk Theory in Oslo 1982 (FUR-82) it appeared to be a widespread feeling among the participants that the conference signalled something like a paradigm shift in the...

This book deals with the Discursive Interview, a qualitative interview method originally developed for the recording and reconstruction of social patterns of interpretation. The central methodological assumptions are explained and all methodological...

The book focusses on questions of individual and collective action, the emergence and dynamics of social norms and the feedback between individual behaviour and social phenomena. It discusses traditional modelling approaches to social norms and shows the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781410200655Author Edward Alsworth RossFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the...

Exploring the relationships between qualitative research and social change, this bookasks how social change is informed and influenced by research. Examples discussed are from research practice and experiences in the fields of sociology, social work,...

This comprehensive collection contributes to, advances and consolidates discussions of the range of research methods in criminology through the presentation of diverse international case studies in which contributors reflect upon their experiences with...

With a focus on migrant narratives, or the storytelling about migration, this volume considers the ways in which migration is and has been shaped by individual and collective experiences of agency, belonging and community.Driven by an agenda of deep...

This volume contends that Evidential Pluralism-an account of the epistemology of causation, which maintains that in order to establish a causal claim one needs to establish the existence of a correlation and the existence of a mechanism-can be fruitfully...

Cultures of Inquiry provides an overview of research methodologies in social science, historical and cultural studies. Facing Kant's proposition that pure reason cannot contain social inquiry, John R. Hall uses a method of hermeneutic deconstruction to...

This book traces the history of British sociology and empirical social research over the last hundred years. Its coverage includes the census of population, the classic poverty surveys of Booth and Rowntree, the slow growth of social science between the...

This book traces the history of British sociology and empirical social research over the last hundred years. Its coverage includes the census of population, the classic poverty surveys of Booth and Rowntree, the slow growth of social science between the...

Cultures of Inquiry provides an overview of research methodologies in social science, historical and cultural studies. Facing Kant's proposition that pure reason cannot contain social inquiry, John R. Hall uses a method of hermeneutic deconstruction to...

The Revival of Political Imagination offers a unique examination of the methodological aspects of utopia. Discussing utopia as a tool for social criticism, method and imaginative spaces - rather than in terms of its content - this volume analyses the...

Based on extensive participant observation research, a life-history model is presented to explain why very few of those who come into contact with narcotics become problematic consumers; that is make drugs one of the most central elements in their lives...

Case studies fascinate because they link individual instances to general patterns and knowledge to action without denying the priority of individual situations over the generalizations derived from them. In this volume, an international group of senior...

The evaluation profession has experienced rapid growth in the past five years. Prior to 1995. there were five national evaluation organizations: the American Evnluntion Association (AEA). the Asociacion Centroamericana de Evaluacion (ACE). the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780333246382Author Suzanne NalbantianFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave Macmillan

This book brings together a collection of essays which look creatively and imaginatively at issues of research methods and methodology in sociology. Some papers critically revisit and redefine techniques such as the classic community study, the use of...

An important problem in personnel psychology, namely, the psychometric problem known as "validity generalization" is addressed in this volume. From a statistical point of view, the problem is how to make statements about a population correlation...

Declining incomes and growing income inequality have led to a rise in poverty in the transition economies of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. This study examines poverty and social assistance in six countries - Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313208942Author John J. HartmanFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

A comparative perspective on the problems and issues of the transfer of knowledge and technology in and between western and former socialist countries, focusing on three key technologies: laser technology, biotechnology, and information technology. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993144943Author Joe DevilleFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Mattering PressPublisher Mattering PressWeight(grams) 478gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313224812Author Eugene J. MeehanFormat HardbackPage Count 218Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

This book is a contribution to contemporary debates on social research with a unique focus on the relationship between methods and the crafting of knowledge. Nine experienced researchers from different disciplines have come together to explore what...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262571548Author Ken GoldbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 621gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 19mm

This collection on researching later life and ageing critically reflects upon the qualitative methods used in gaining knowledge of under-researched groups of older people and sets out future research agendas.About the AuthorCHRISTINE BIGBY Director of...

Much of what we know about the subject of coping is based on human behavior and cognition during times of crisis and transition. Yet the alarms and m~or upheavals of life comprise only a portion of those experiences that call for adaptive efforts. There...

This collection explores the contested meanings and diverse practices of social research in the context of contemporary theoretical debates in cultural and social theory, addressing fundamental questions facing those working in the social and human...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780387903248Author Albert K. KurtzFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Springer-Verlag New York Inc.Publisher Springer-Verlag New York Inc.Weight(grams) 290g

Exploring the relationships between qualitative research and social change, this bookasks how social change is informed and influenced by research. Examples discussed are from research practice and experiences in the fields of sociology, social work,...