03381nam 22008053u 450 991045024120332120210113165856.01-283-84785-X1-134-63144-81-280-16795-50-203-97946-X(CKB)1000000000007769(EBL)242102(OCoLC)793165330(SSID)ssj0000284670(PQKBManifestationID)11229442(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284670(PQKBWorkID)10261331(PQKB)10450989(SSID)ssj0000255242(PQKBManifestationID)11229347(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000255242(PQKBWorkID)10213586(PQKB)11665119(MiAaPQ)EBC242102(EXLCZ)99100000000000776920130418d2012|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrTaking Sides in Social Research[electronic resource] Essays on Partisanship and BiasHoboken Taylor and Francis20121 online resource (213 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-20286-8 Taking Sides In Social ResearchEssays On Partisanship And Bias; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Taking Sides In Research: An Assessment Of The Rationales For Partisanship; 2 Between Marx and Weber: C.Wright Mills on the role of the social scientist; 3 Which side was Becker on? Questioning political and epistemological radicalism; 4 Against Gouldner: on the fallacy of objective partisanship; 5 Methodological purism: anatomy of a critique; 6 Bias in social research; Bibliography; IndexIn the past it was generally taken for granted that the goal of social research was the production of objective knowledge; and that this required a commitment to value neutrality. In more recent times, however, both these ideals have come to be challenged, and it is often argued that all research is inevitably political in its assumptions and effects.In this major contribution to the debate, Martyn Hammersley assesses the arguments from the classic and still influential contributions of C. Wright Mills, Howard Becker and Alvin Gouldner to the present day. He concludes that the case for parObjectivityResearchSocial sciencesSocial sciences-- ResearchValuesSocial Sciences - GeneralHILCCSocial SciencesHILCCSocial sciencesResearchSocial sciencesMethodologyValuesElectronic books.Objectivity.Research.Social sciences.Social sciences-- Research.Values.Social Sciences - GeneralSocial SciencesSocial sciencesResearchSocial sciencesMethodologyValues300.72300/.7/2Hammersley Martyn118294AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910450241203321Taking Sides in Social Research1926529UNINA