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    1. Samhälle och politik
    2. Sociologi och antropologi
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    Investigative Research

    Theory and Practice

    AvDerek Layder

    Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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    Beskrivning

    With its unique modelling and mapping of social processes, Investigative Research offers an alternative approach to social research. This book guides you through the theoretical grounding and rules you need to effectively combine the evidence-based explanations of social behaviour and distinctive strategies of data collection associated with investigative research.

    It helps you answer key investigative questions like:

    • How are models and maps of social reality crucial to the formulation of research problems and questions?
    • What are the main phases, challenges, and theories of investigative research?
    • How does investigative research compare with other research approaches, like surveys, case studies, grounded theory, and mixed methods?
    • How can you control the quality and validity of your investigative research?

    With its clear focus on investigative research exploration, description, and explanation, this book gives you the solid building blocks needed to manage and integrate the theoretical and practical issues in your work.   

    Produktinformation

    • Utgivningsdatum:2018-02-27
    • Mått:170 x 242 x 15 mm
    • Vikt:500 g
    • Format:Inbunden
    • Språk:Engelska
    • Antal sidor:200
    • Upplaga:1
    • Förlag:SAGE Publications
    • ISBN:9781446287521

    Utforska kategorier

    • Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

    Mer om författaren

    Derek Layder is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Leicester and Honorary Professor of Health and Life Sciences and De Montfort University. He was awarded a doctorate by the London School of Economics in 1976. Appointed Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Leicester in 1974 and promoted to Reader in 1995, he became Professor in 1997 and Emeritus Professor from 2002. He has held several visiting academic positions and has also held honorary visiting appointments at The Australian National University (as a Humanities Research Fellow) and the University of Western Sydney (as Eminent Research Visitor). He taught in areas of social theory, social psychology, social research methods and the philosophy of social sciences. He has published numerous academic articles and 12 books. Among his books, in the area of the philosophy of social science, he is the author of The Realist Image in Social Science (1990); in social theory, he has written Understanding Social Theory (second edition, 2006), as well as Modern Social Theory (1997). On research strategies and methods, he has authored New Strategies in Social Research (1993), Sociological Practice (1998), and Doing Excellent Small-Scale Research (2013). He has also written on intimacy, emotion and self-identity, including Emotion in Social Life (2004), Social & Personal Identity (2004) and Intimacy & Power (2009).

    Recensioner i media

    Derek Layder′s advocacy of an holistic, context relevant approach to social research which is multifaceted, brings together many traditions of field-based studies in a coherent and imaginative way. His Investigative Research approach offers a framework for real-world explorations that is of value to many social scientists.

    Innehållsförteckning

    • Chapter 1: Research Models, Problems and QuestionsThe Importance of Models and MapsClosing Gaps in KnowledgeInfluential Models of Social RealityShould Models be Eliminative or Integrative?Entangled Domains and ResearchRestoring Lost Domains: Investigative Research Problems & QuestionsResearch Problems, Topics & QuestionsAdaptive Method &TheoryHaving a Solid Back-Story: Top Soil or Taproots?Summary of Key Features of Investigative ResearchChapter 2: Dimensions, Quantity & QualitySome Basic Dimensions of ResearchSurvey Research as Mono-MethodTheory-Testing ResearchQualitative ApproachesAction (or Transformative) ResearchUsing IR: Some Practical SuggestionsChapter 3: Case Studies & Mixed MethodsCase Study ResearchMixed MethodsUsing Investigative Research: Some Practical SuggestionsChapter 4: The Limitations of Grounded TheoryEssential Differences between Investigative Research & Grounded TheoryDifferent Unfolding StrategiesData, Concepts & Theoretical DiscoveryConceptual Generation & Theoretical DiscoveryThe Cul-de-sac of Not-KnowingDiscovery or Innovation?Ground Theory Mark 2: One Step Forward & Three Back?Constructionist Grounded Theory: An Even More Limited Version?Practical Limitations of Constructionist Grounded TheoryCoding, Concept-Formation & Sampling in Investigative ResearchChapter 5: The Arc of Investigative ResearchThe Research Arc: Phases & CyclesModels of the Research ProcessAn Overview of the Investigative Research ModelCycle-Phase DynamicsFlexibly Structured AdaptationProblem Formulation & Orienting ScaffoldA Multi-Strategy, Multi-Method ApproachPhases of Research: An Integrative FrameworkComplementary Aspects of RealityBlending Life-world & System PhenomenaResearch Design & Data TypesData Analysis as Nascent ExplanationConstant Reformulation: A Concluding CommentChapter 6: Theory in Investigative ResearchVariable Theory & Theory-TestingApplied General TheoryEmpirical Theory: Substantive & FormalOrienting Concepts (Single or Multiple)Emergent ConceptsThe Deployment of Theory in Overall Research StrategyDeveloping Theory in Investigative Research: An OverviewModifying and Creating Theory and ConceptsGeneric Research OutcomesCumulative Knowledge & Theory-DevelopmentAn Appropriate Model of Social RealityChapter 7: Networks & Domains: A Research GuideActivities and Settings: A Central PairingSocial Behaviour & Social RealityDistinguishing Settings from Locations/LocalesPrimary & Secondary Settings: Transition ZonesNetworks & Social DomainsOrganized Settings & NetworksInformal Settings & NetworksResearch Questions for Networks and DomainsMatching Concepts with Empirical IndicatorsSelecting Data Threads within DomainsIdentifying Settings from DataVariations in Organized SettingsWork Organizations as Social settingsSmaller ‘Organizations’ & Informal SettingsSelective FocusingExamples of Selective FocusingCausal Influence & Causal ExplanationOne-Dimensional Causality: The Case of Gender & IntimacyIntimacy & Situated ActivitySocial Settings, Gender & IntimacyResearching CausalityResearch, Causality & Theory BuildingChapter 8: Continuous Quality ControlQuality Control: The Central Importance of ValidityThe Research Process: A Two-Tiered ModelThe Research Matrix (or Grid)The Preparatory PhaseThe Data Gathering PhaseThe Analytic /Explanatory PhaseConclusion