Constructing Social Research is an innovative text that can serve as an introduction to social research methods course, or as a capstone to an advanced course introducing a social scientific discipline. Rather than offer an inventory of data collection and analysis techniques, its primary goal is to show unity within the diversity of activities that are called social research.
Constructing Social Research is an innovative text that can serve as an introduction to social research methods course, or as a capstone to an advanced course introducing a social scientific discipline. Rather than offer an inventory of data collection and analysis techniques, its primary goal is to show unity within the diversity of activities that are called social research.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Charles C. Ragin spent most of his youth in Texas and the southeastern United States. He attended the University of Texas at Austin as an undergraduate and received his BA degree in 1972 at the age of 19. That same year he began graduate work in sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received his PhD in 1975. From 1975 until 2001, he lived in the Midwest, teaching first at Indiana University and then at Northwestern University. He headed west in 2001, where he spent just over a decade at University of Arizona-Tucson. In 2012, he joined the faculty at the University of California-Irvine, where he is currently the Chancellor¿s Professor of Sociology. He is best known for developing a methodological alternative to conventional research methods, using formal set-theoretic techniques for comparative research. His many publications address broad issues in politics and society, with topics ranging from the causes of ethnic political mobilization to the shaping of the welfare state in advanced capitalist countries. He has written several books including Intersectional Inequality: Race, Class, Test Scores and Poverty (with Peer Fiss, 2017). Redesigning Social Inquiry: Fuzzy Sets and Beyond (2008) Fuzzy-Set Social Science (2000). His book The Comparative Method: Moving Beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies (1987) won the 1989 Stein Rokkan Prize of the International Social Science Council of UNESCO. In 2014 he received the Paul F. Lazarsfeld Award of the American Sociological Association. He is married to Mary Driscoll, and they have two sons, Andrew and Daniel.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Acknowledgments PART I: ELEMENTS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH CHAPTER 1: What Is (and Is Not) Social Research? Introduction Some Conventional Views of Social Research Social Research and Other Ways of Representing Social Life How Social Research Differs Conclusion CHAPTER 2: The Goals of Social Research Introduction Seven Main Goals The Link Between Goals and Strategies The Social Nature of Social Research CHAPTER 3: The Process of Social Research: Ideas and Evidence Introduction The Interpretive Model of Social Research Processes and Strategies of Social Research The Challenge of Social Research CHAPTER 4: The Ethics of Social Research Introduction Ethical Dilemmas and Failures The Troubled History of Ethical Research The Current Ethical Standards and Institutional Oversight Ethical and Professional Dilemmas Facing Social Researchers The Problem of Representation Conclusion PART II: STRATEGIES OF SOCIAL RESEARCH CHAPTER 5: Using Qualitative Methods to Study Commonalities Introduction The Goals of Qualitative Research The Process of Qualitative Research Using Qualitative Methods The Study of a Single Case Conclusion CHAPTER 6: Using Comparative Methods to Study Diversity Introduction Contrasts With Other Research Strategies The Goals of Comparative Research The Process of Comparative Research Using Comparative Methods Conclusion CHAPTER 7: Using Quantitative Methods to Study Covariation Introduction The Goals of Quantitative Research Contrasts With Other Research Strategies The Process of Quantitative Research Using Quantitative Methods Conclusion Afterword: The Promise of Social Research With Mary Driscoll Appendix: Computing Correlation Coefficients References Glossary/Index About the Authors
Preface Acknowledgments PART I: ELEMENTS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH CHAPTER 1: What Is (and Is Not) Social Research? Introduction Some Conventional Views of Social Research Social Research and Other Ways of Representing Social Life How Social Research Differs Conclusion CHAPTER 2: The Goals of Social Research Introduction Seven Main Goals The Link Between Goals and Strategies The Social Nature of Social Research CHAPTER 3: The Process of Social Research: Ideas and Evidence Introduction The Interpretive Model of Social Research Processes and Strategies of Social Research The Challenge of Social Research CHAPTER 4: The Ethics of Social Research Introduction Ethical Dilemmas and Failures The Troubled History of Ethical Research The Current Ethical Standards and Institutional Oversight Ethical and Professional Dilemmas Facing Social Researchers The Problem of Representation Conclusion PART II: STRATEGIES OF SOCIAL RESEARCH CHAPTER 5: Using Qualitative Methods to Study Commonalities Introduction The Goals of Qualitative Research The Process of Qualitative Research Using Qualitative Methods The Study of a Single Case Conclusion CHAPTER 6: Using Comparative Methods to Study Diversity Introduction Contrasts With Other Research Strategies The Goals of Comparative Research The Process of Comparative Research Using Comparative Methods Conclusion CHAPTER 7: Using Quantitative Methods to Study Covariation Introduction The Goals of Quantitative Research Contrasts With Other Research Strategies The Process of Quantitative Research Using Quantitative Methods Conclusion Afterword: The Promise of Social Research With Mary Driscoll Appendix: Computing Correlation Coefficients References Glossary/Index About the Authors
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Internetauftritt der buecher.de internetstores GmbH
Geschäftsführung: Monica Sawhney | Roland Kölbl | Günter Hilger
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Batheyer Straße 115 - 117, 58099 Hagen
Postanschrift: Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg
Amtsgericht Hagen HRB 13257
Steuernummer: 321/5800/1497
USt-IdNr: DE450055826
