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What's Wrong With Ethnography? by Martyn Hammersley
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £49.89This stimulating and refreshing study, written by one of the leading commentators in the field, provides novel answers to these crucial questions. "What's Wrong With Ethnography provides a fresh look... -
Methodological Concepts: A Critical Guide by Martyn Hammersley
RRP: £36.99Booksplease Price: £33.73Methodological Concepts: A Critical Guide clarifies many key terms and issues in social research methodology. It outlines the conventional meanings of these terms, but also addresses their... -
Reading Ethnographic Research by Martyn Hammersley 9780582311046
Booksplease Price: £66.97Provides a practical guide to the critical reading of ethnographic studies: discussing in detail how to identify the main arguments and what is involved in making an assessment of such studies.Book... -
The Politics of Social Research by Martyn Hammersley 9780803977198
Booksplease Price: £118.93Is social research political? Should it be political? What are the implications of the politicization of social research? Recent years have seen a growing range of challenges to the idea that... -
Dilemma Qualitative Method Martyn Hammersley 9780415017725
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £49.89First Published in 1990. Originally published in 1989, The Dilemma of Qualitative Method is a stimulating guide to the discussion of qualitative versus quantitative approaches to social research,... -
What is Qualitative Research? by Martyn Hammersley 9781849666060
Booksplease Price: £27.58This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.This book invites readers to explore the nature of qualitative... -
The Concept of Culture: A History and Reappraisal by Martyn Hammersley 9783030229818
Booksplease Price: £46.28While the term 'culture' has come to be very widely used in both popular and academic discourse, it has a variety of meanings, and the differences among these have not been given sufficient attention... -
The Concept of Culture: A History and Reappraisal by Martyn Hammersley 9783030229849
Booksplease Price: £46.28While the term 'culture' has come to be very widely used in both popular and academic discourse, it has a variety of meanings, and the differences among these have not been given sufficient attention... -
Educational Research, Policymaking and Practice by Martyn Hammersley 9780761974208
Booksplease Price: £100.19`This valuable book addresses an important current issues for education research in developed countries - the relationship between research on the one hand and policy-making and education practice on... -
Troubling Sociological Concepts: An Interrogation by Martyn Hammersley 9783030516468
Booksplease Price: £92.26Sociology addresses challenging social issues and seeks new ways to understand them. However, much sociological terminology suffers from multiple, vague, or uncertain meanings. This is true of many... -
Questioning Qualitative Inquiry: Critical Essays by Martyn Hammersley
Booksplease Price: £110.95Is qualitative research in crisis? In Questioning Qualitative Inquiry Martyn Hammersley raises fundamental questions about the current state of qualitative social research. He examines some of the... -
Classroom Ethnography: Empirical and Methodological Essays by Martyn Hammersley
RRP: £92.99Booksplease Price: £84.74Originally published in 1990, Classroom Ethnography examines the interplay between empirical research and methodological reflection. It explores the nature, the methods, the role, and the limitations... -
Troubling Sociological Concepts: An Interrogation by Martyn Hammersley 9783030516437
Booksplease Price: £90.56Sociology addresses challenging social issues and seeks new ways to understand them. However, much sociological terminology suffers from multiple, vague, or uncertain meanings. This is true of many... -
Life in School: The Sociology of Pupil Culture by Martyn Hammersley 9780367423018
Booksplease Price: £20.99There can be little doubt that pupils' own interpretations of what happens in their schools represent a crucial link in the educational chain. We need to understand how pupils respond to different... -
The Radicalism of Ethnomethodology: An Assessment of Sources and Principles Martyn Hammersley 9781526124623
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £61.61There have been relatively few well-informed, critical assessments of ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. This book examines some of the background to these approaches, notably the influence... -
Gender and Ethnicity in Schools: Ethnographic Accounts by Martyn Hammersley 9781138153783
RRP: £39.99Booksplease Price: £36.28A serious but highly accessible look at recent work on the issues of gender and race. Gender and Ethnicity in Schools raises crucial educational and political issues, paying particular attention to... -
Life in School: The Sociology of Pupil Culture by Martyn Hammersley 9780367422929
RRP: £73.99Booksplease Price: £73.69There can be little doubt that pupils' own interpretations of what happens in their schools represent a crucial link in the educational chain. We need to understand how pupils respond to different... -
Educational Research and Evidence-based Practice by Martyn Hammersley 9781412945622
Booksplease Price: £58.09Combining classic articles that have been key markers in recent debates with some new material, this book addresses the problems involved in educational research and the issues surrounding its... -
Social Research: Philosophy, Politics and Practice by Martyn Hammersley 9780803988057
Booksplease Price: £115.86This critical introduction to the principles of social and educational research draws together a key set of readings which offers a comprehensive approach to the wide range of values and practice in... -
Gender and Ethnicity in Schools: Ethnographic Accounts Martyn Hammersley 9780415089685
RRP: £23.99Booksplease Price: £22.95A serious but highly accessible look at recent work on the issues of gender and race. Gender and Ethnicity in Schools raises crucial educational and political issues, paying particular attention to... -
The Radicalism of Ethnomethodology: An Assessment of Sources and Principles by Martyn Hammersley 9781526145901
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £15.30There have been relatively few well-informed, critical assessments of ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. This book examines some of the background to these approaches, notably the influence... -
Curriculum Practice: Some Sociological Case Studies by Martyn Hammersley 9781138008427
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £49.89When first published this book was one of the first collections of empirical research in the area of the knowledge transmitted in schools and the responses of students to it. It includes studies of... -
Ethnography: Principles in Practice Martyn Hammersley (The Open University, UK) 9781138504462
RRP: £45.99Booksplease Price: £40.99Now in its fourth edition, this leading introduction to ethnography has been thoroughly updated and substantially rewritten. The volume offers a systematic introduction to ethnographic principles and... -
: What's Wrong With Ethnography? (1992): Methodological Explorations by Martyn Hammersley 9781138489363
RRP: £35.99Booksplease Price: £34.59Originally published 1992 What's Wrong With Ethnography? provides a fresh look at the rationale for and distinctiveness of ethnographic research in sociology, education and related fields... -
Researching School Experience: Explorations of Teaching and Learning Martyn Hammersley 9780750709149
RRP: £51.99Booksplease Price: £49.04There is a tendency in much educational thinking to view pupils in passive terms, as the material on which schools operate. This damaging view is challenged here. Significant recent research shows... -
: The Dilemma of Qualitative Method (1989): Herbert Blumer and the Chicago Tradition by Martyn Hammersley
RRP: £35.99Booksplease Price: £32.89Originally published in 1989, The Dilemma of Qualitative Method is a stimulating guide to the discussion of qualitative versus quantitative approaches to social research, originated in... -
Taking Sides in Social Research: Essays on Partisanship and Bias Martyn Hammersley 9780415202879
RRP: £50.99Booksplease Price: £48.18In the past it was generally taken for granted that the goal of social research was the production of objective knowledge; and that this required a commitment to value neutrality. In more recent... -
: The Dilemma of Qualitative Method (1989): Herbert Blumer and the Chicago Tradition by Martyn Hammersley 9781138489394
RRP: £125.00Booksplease Price: £110.40Originally published in 1989, The Dilemma of Qualitative Method is a stimulating guide to the discussion of qualitative versus quantitative approaches to social research, originated in... -
Media Bias in Reporting Social Research?: The Case of Reviewing Ethnic Inequalities in Education by Martyn Hammersley
RRP: £46.99Booksplease Price: £43.94In recent years, the importance of disseminating the findings of social research has been given increased emphasis. The most effective way in which this can be done is via the mass media. However,... -
Teacher Decision-Making in the Classroom: A Collection of Papers by John Eggleston
RRP: £34.99Booksplease Price: £33.73Making decisions is one of the main activities of the teacher's work. Considered or apparently unconsidered, these decisions significantly affect the lives of all who work in classrooms, both... -
School Experience: Explorations in the Sociology of Education Peter Woods 9780415789905
RRP: £38.99Booksplease Price: £37.14First published in 1977, this volume brings together a range of viewpoints, informed by reports of empirical research, which bear on the experience of school. Each chapter demonstrates the... -
Mixing Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Research by Julia Brannen 9781859721162
RRP: £94.99Booksplease Price: £86.44This book focuses on a key issue in the methodology of the social and behavioural sciences: the mixing of different research methods. The extent to which qualitative and quantitative research differ... -
Methodological Issues and Practices in Ethnography by Geoff Troman 9780762312528
Booksplease Price: £108.85What counts as ethnography and what counts as good ethnography are both highly contested. This volume brings together chapters presenting a diversity of views on some of the current issues and... -
Constructing Educational Inequality: A Methodological Assessment Peter Foster 9780750703895
RRP: £51.99Booksplease Price: £46.94The issue of educational opportunity has long been of public concern and a major focus for eduational research. As a result, there is now a substantial body of research findings in this field, both... -
Blue Ribbon Papers: Behind the Professional Mask: The Autobiographies of Leading Symbolic Interactionists by Norman K. Denzin 9781780527468
Booksplease Price: £107.09"Volume 38 of Studies in Symbolic Interaction" is devoted exclusively to the "Blue Ribbon Papers Series", which is under the intellectual leadership of Lonnie Athens. In this issue, Athens presents... -
Educational Research in Practice: Making Sense of Methodology by Joanna Swann 9780826475633
Booksplease Price: £45.75Educational Research in Practice offers valuable insights into problems faced by educational researchers. In order to convey what it is like to be a researcher, experienced practitioners from the UK,... -
Qualitative Data Analysis: Key Approaches by Peter A. J. Stevens
RRP: £39.99Booksplease Price: £37.18With numerous approaches to choose from, knowing where to start when doing qualitative data analysis (QDA) can be a challenge. This book gives you direction with an accessible and thorough... -
Case Study Method: Key Issues, Key Texts by Roger Gomm 9780761964148
Booksplease Price: £91.17This is the most comprehensive guide to the current uses and importance of case study methods in social research. The editors bring together key contributions from the field which reflect different... -
Action at a Distance: Studies in the Practicalities of Executive Management R.J. Anderson (University of Nottingham, UK) 9781138504165
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £39.69This book examines the nature of work and management, centring on documents as a class of management objects which have been relatively understudied in ethnomethodological research. Treating... -
Social Work Science by Ian Shaw 9780231166409
RRP: £55.00Booksplease Price: £50.73What is the role of science in social work? Ian Shaw considers social work inventions, evidence-based practice, the history of scientific claims in social work practice, technology, and social work...