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New Approaches in Social Research.
Title:
New Approaches in Social Research.
Author:
Grbich, Carol.
ISBN:
9781847876447
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (159 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- PART 1 PHILOSOPHICAL CHANGES -- 1Modernity to Modernism -- 2 Postmodernity and Postmodernism -- 3 Structuralism and Poststructuralism -- PART 2 THE IMPACT OF POSTMODERNISM, POSTSTRUCTURALISM, COMPLEXITY AND CHAOS ON SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH -- 4 Research Design -- 5 The Position of the Researcher -- 6 The Researcher, the Research Participants and the Reader -- 7 Data Presentation and Re-presentation -- 8 A Postmodern Piece of Research -- 9 Continuums and Continuities -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
This groundbreaking book explores the implications of postmodernist ideas within the research context. The text relates debates in postmodernism directly to current thinking and practice in both qualitative and quantitative research.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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