Modele ale cercetarii sociale

Descriere

Descriere:

încă de la prima ediţie, această carte de referinţă a constituit o trecere în revistă din perspectivă critică a principalelor paradigme de cercetare în ştiinţele sociale şi a strategiilor de investigaţie empirică asociate. Modele în cercetarea socială reuneşte o literatură bogată din domenii precum filozofia ştiinţei, filozofia ştiinţelor sociale, teorie socială şi metodologia cercetării.

List of Figures and Tables Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition INTRODUCTION 1 MAJOR CHOICES IN SOCIAL ENQUIRY Introduction Research Problem Research Questions Research Strategies Researcher's Stance Research Paradigms The Status of Knowledge Research Paradigms and Research Strategies Chapter Summary Further Reading 2 MAJOR DILEMMAS IN SOCIAL ENQUIRY Introduction Science and Social Science Major Dilemmas The Postmodern Turn Chapter Summary Further Reading 3 ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE USING FOUR RESEARCH STRATEGIES Introduction Styles of Reasoning The Inductive Research Strategy The Deductive Research Strategy Combining the Inductive and Deductive Strategies The Abductive Research Strategy Combining Retroductive and Abductive Strategies Chapter Summary Further Reading 4 CLASSICAL RESEARCH PARADIGMS Introduction Positivism Critical Rationalism Classical Hermeneutics Interpretivism Chapter Summary Further Reading 5 CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH PARADIGMS Introduction Critical Theory Ethnomethodology Social Realism Contemporary Hermeneutics Structuration Theory Feminism Chapter Summary Further Reading 6 REVIEW AND CRITIQUE OF THE RESEARCH PARADIGMS Introduction Research Paradigms Revisited: Ontology and Epistemology Critique of the Research Paradigms Review of Some Major Dilemmas Association between Research Strategies Research Paradigms Conclusion Further Reading POSTSCRIPT: THE COMPLEXITY TURN Introduction Origins Characteristics of Complex Systems Key Ideas The Reality of the Complex Complexity and Postmodernism Complexity and Research Conclusion REFERENCES Notes Figures and Tables

Norman Blaikie was Formerly Professor of Sociology at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and Universiti Sains, Malaysia.