This excellent new text guides students carefully, intelligently and sympathetically through the process of doing a human geography dissertation. It offers grounded advice - from the question of what a dissertation is, to the mechanics of data analysis - which will be indispensable for students researching the full diversity of topics covered by contemporary human geography. The insights, advice and reflections from both previous students and academic staff who currently teach human geography add valuable insights that will both reassure students and help them avoid making common mistakes.

• 1. Your human geography dissertation: An introductionSECTION 1: DESIGNING YOUR HUMAN GEOGRAPHY DISSERTATION2: Starting Out: identifying your approach3: Getting Going: finding a topic4: The next step: developing your research question5: Final preparations: is your project workable?SECTION 2: DOING YOUR HUMAN GEOGRAPHY DISSERTATION6: Doing reflexive research: situating your dissertation7: Making research happen: the methods glossary8: More on methods: approaching complex social worlds9: Selecting your methods: how to make the right choicesSECTION 3: DELIVERING YOUR HUMAN GEOGRAPHY DISSERTATION10: Dealing with data: approaching analysis11: Writing up: where to start and how to finish12: The last hurdle: final considerations

This excellent new text guides students carefully, intelligently and sympathetically through the process of doing a human geography dissertation. It offers grounded advice - from the question of what a dissertation is, to the mechanics of data analysis - which will be indispensable for students researching the full diversity of topics covered by contemporary human geography. The insights, advice and reflections from both previous students and academic staff who currently teach human geography add valuable insights that will both reassure students and help them avoid making common mistakes.

• 1. Your human geography dissertation: An introductionSECTION 1: DESIGNING YOUR HUMAN GEOGRAPHY DISSERTATION2: Starting Out: identifying your approach3: Getting Going: finding a topic4: The next step: developing your research question5: Final preparations: is your project workable?SECTION 2: DOING YOUR HUMAN GEOGRAPHY DISSERTATION6: Doing reflexive research: situating your dissertation7: Making research happen: the methods glossary8: More on methods: approaching complex social worlds9: Selecting your methods: how to make the right choicesSECTION 3: DELIVERING YOUR HUMAN GEOGRAPHY DISSERTATION10: Dealing with data: approaching analysis11: Writing up: where to start and how to finish12: The last hurdle: final considerations

This excellent new text guides students carefully, intelligently and sympathetically through the process of doing a human geography dissertation. It offers grounded advice - from the question of what a dissertation is, to the mechanics of data analysis - which will be indispensable for students researching the full diversity of topics covered by contemporary human geography. The insights, advice and reflections from both previous students and academic staff who currently teach human geography add valuable insights that will both reassure students and help them avoid making common mistakes.

• 1. Your human geography dissertation: An introductionSECTION 1: DESIGNING YOUR HUMAN GEOGRAPHY DISSERTATION2: Starting Out: identifying your approach3: Getting Going: finding a topic4: The next step: developing your research question5: Final preparations: is your project workable?SECTION 2: DOING YOUR HUMAN GEOGRAPHY DISSERTATION6: Doing reflexive research: situating your dissertation7: Making research happen: the methods glossary8: More on methods: approaching complex social worlds9: Selecting your methods: how to make the right choicesSECTION 3: DELIVERING YOUR HUMAN GEOGRAPHY DISSERTATION10: Dealing with data: approaching analysis11: Writing up: where to start and how to finish12: The last hurdle: final considerations