Paul Ransome

Ethics and Values in Social Research (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

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: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137303875
• Artikelnr.: 62731264

Autorenporträt

PAUL RANSOME was Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Wales, Swansea. He wrote and contributed to a number of successful titles, including: Work, Consumption and Culture (2005) and Social Theory: A Basic Tool Kit (2003).

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.