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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959686103321

Autore

Grbich Carol

Titolo

New approaches in social research / / Carol Grbich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2004

ISBN

9786611240134

9781849209519

1849209510

9781847876447

1847876447

9781281240132

1281240133

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (152 p.)

Disciplina

300.723

Soggetti

Social sciences - Methodology

Postmodernism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-144) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 reserarch.