Norman K. Denzin

The Research Act (eBook, PDF)

A Theoretical Introduction to Sociological Methods

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

At once a unique textbook for methods courses and a major contribution to sociological theory, this book teaches students the principles of research and how to construct and test theories

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 379
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351475273
• Artikelnr.: 48867731

Autorenporträt

Norman K. Denzin

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I: THE INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVE AND THE PROCESS OF THEORY CONSTRUCTION
1. A Point of View
2. The Substance of Sociological Theory
3. Difficulties of Theory Construction
PART II: THEORY TO METHOD: SAMPLING AND MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS
4. Problems of Sampling: The Merger of Theory and Method
5. Problems of Measurement and Instrumentation
6. The Sociological Interview
PART III: THEORY TO METHOD: RESEARCH STRATEGIES
7. The Experiment and its Variations
8. The Social Survey and its Variations
9. Participant Observation: Varieties and Strategies of the Field Method
10. The Life History Method
11. Unobtrusive Measures: The Quest for Triangulated and Nonreactive Methods of Observation
PART IV: STRATEGIES OF TRIANGULATION AND THE ART OF DOING SOCIOLOGY
12. Strategies of Multiple Triangulation
13. On Ethics and the Politics of Doing Sociology
References
Index