Paul Ransome

Ethics and Values in Social Research

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Ethical responsibility has intellectual and practical implications for social researchers. This book explores a range of issues, theories and questions, enabling readers to reflect upon, understand and critique these with confidence. With helpful examples and a glossary of terms, it is essential reading for new and experienced researchers alike.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education UK / Red Globe Press / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-20220-7
• 2013
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 420g
• ISBN-13: 9780230202207
• ISBN-10: 0230202209
• Artikelnr.: 37253713

Autorenporträt

Paul Ransome

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Themes and Debates.- Social Values and Social Research: The Collective Good, Life and Liberty, and Reason.- Social Research and Professional Codes of Ethics.- The Intellectual and Philosophical Underpinnings of Social Research.- The values of the Researcher and Evaluation Research.- Critical Approaches in Social Research: Critical Realism and Value Standpoint Social Research.- Making it Personal: Action Research, Practitioner Research and Self-reflexive Practice.- Social Research and Social Policy.- Concluding Remarks.