Theory and Methods in Social Research

Bridget Somekh is based at Manchester Metropolitan University as well as University of Canterbury. Cathy Lewin is based at Manchester MetropolitanUniversity.

Praise for the first edition:′Not merely a how-to book, it reviews the conceptual framework of research methods in the social and behavioural sciences and provides tangible stories from the field that illustrate the application of specific techniques and the process of conducting research. . . . This work affords a concise overview of qualitative and quantitative methodologies in the social science. . . . Highly recommended′ - R.V. LabareeUniversity of Southern California, CHOICE

• PART ONE: READING, REVIEWING AND REFLECTINGIntroductionResearch in the Social Sciences - Bridget Somekh et alWorking with Literatures - Barbara Kamler and Pat ThomsonEthical Issues in Generating Public Knowledge - Heather Piper and Helen SimonsPART TWO: LISTENING, EXPLORING THE CASE AND THEORIZINGIntroductionEthnography - Jo Frankham and Christina MacRaeResearch Diaries - Mary Louise Holly and Herbert AltrichterCase Study - Charlotte Chadderton and Harry TorranceInterviewing and Focus Groups - Rosaline SBarbour and John SchostakPART THREE: ADDRESSING ISSUES OF POWER AND RESEARCHING FOR IMPACTIntroductionFeminist Methodologies - Diane Burns and Khatidja ChantlerCritical Race Theory and Its Use in Social Science Research - Laurence Parker and Lorna RobertsQueer Theory / Lesbian and Gay Approaches - Gloria Filax et alAction Research - Susan Noffke and Bridget Somekh The Purpose, Practice and Politics of Sponsored Evaluations - Tineke Abma and Thomas A Schwandt PART FOUR: OBSERVING, QUERYING, INTERPRETINGIntroductionGrounded Theory - Juliet Corbin and Nicholas L HoltUnderstanding Phenomenology through Reverse Perspectives - Angie Titchen and Dawn HobsonObservation - Liz Jones and Bridget SomekhDiscourse Analysis - Alison Lee and Alan PetersenResearching Online Practices - Colin Lankshear, Kevin M Leander and Michele KnobelPART FIVE: IDENTITY, COMMUNITY AND REPRESENTATION IntroductionLife History and Narrative Methods - Scherto Gill and Ivor GoodsonSocial Semiotics and Multimodal Texts - Diane Mavers and Gunther KressCommunities of Practice - David Benzie and Bridget SomekhActivity Theory - Ines Langemeyer and Morten NissenResearching Policy - Jill Blackmore and Hugh LauderPART SIX: QUANTITATIVE METHODS: THEORIES AND PERSPECTIVESIntroductionThe Practices of Quantitative Methods - Kelvyn JonesThe Positivist Paradigm in Contemporary Social Research: The Interface of Psychology, Method and Sociocultural Theory - Charles Crook and Dean GarrattUnderstanding and Describing Quantitative Data - Cathy LewinDifferences and Relationships in Quantitative Data - Sally Barnes and Cathy LewinAn Introduction to Statistical Modelling - Kelvyn JonesPART SEVEN: QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN ACTIONIntroductionCombining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Social Inquiry - Jennifer C Greene, Holly Kreider and Ellen MayerRandom Reflections on Modelling, Geography and Voting - Kelvyn JonesMethodological Issues in International Comparative Assessments of Educational Progress - W J PelgrumEvaluating Literacy Advance in the Early Years of School - John AinleyWorking Backwards: The Road Less Travelled in Quantitative Methodology - Brian DoigPART EIGHT: RESEARCHING IN POSTMODERN CONTEXTSIntroductionDeconstruction - Erica Burman and Maggie MaclureFrom Hermeneutics to Post-Structuralism to Psychoanalysis - Tony Brown and Daniel HeggsFrom Structuralism to Post-Structuralism - Lee Miller, Joanne ′Bob′ Whalley and Ian StronachFeminism/Post-Structuralism - Bronwen Davies and Suzanne Gannon