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The foundations of social research : meaning and perspective in the research process / Michael Crotty.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1998Description: vii, 248 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780761961062 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.72 CRO 23 011951
Contents:
Preface 1. Introduction: the research process 2. Positivism: the march of science 3. Constructionism: the making of science 4. Interpretivism: for and against culture 5. Interpretivism: the way of hermeneutics 6. Critical inquiry: the Marxist heritage 7. Critical inquiry: contemporary critics &​ contemporary critique 8. Feminism: re-visioning the man-made world 9. Postmodernism: crisis of confidence or moment of truth? 10. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index.
Summary: The Foundations of Social Research details the major epistemological stances and theoretical perspectives that colour and shape current social research: positivism; constructionism; interpretivism; critical enquiry, feminism; and postmodernism.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-231) and index.

Preface
1. Introduction: the research process
2. Positivism: the march of science
3. Constructionism: the making of science
4. Interpretivism: for and against culture
5. Interpretivism: the way of hermeneutics
6. Critical inquiry: the Marxist heritage
7. Critical inquiry: contemporary critics &​ contemporary critique
8. Feminism: re-visioning the man-made world
9. Postmodernism: crisis of confidence or moment of truth?
10. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.

The Foundations of Social Research details the major epistemological stances and theoretical perspectives that colour and shape current social research: positivism; constructionism; interpretivism; critical enquiry, feminism; and postmodernism.

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