Methodology : (Record no. 13883)

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ISBN 9781849202046 (hbk.)
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ISBN 1849202044 (hbk.)
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ISBN 1849202052 (pbk.)
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ISBN 9781849202053 (pbk.)
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Classification number MED. H62
Item number .H2336
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Personal name Hammersley, Martyn.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Methodology :
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Place of publication London ;
-- Thousand Oaks, CA :
Name of publisher SAGE,
Year of publication 2011.
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Number of Pages 214 p. ;
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Summary, etc "The literature on social science methods and the issues surrounding them has grown massively and continues to increase. Yet many social scientists are ambivalent about methodology. For some, it plays a central, perhaps even an all-encompassing, role; while, for others, it is desirable only in small amounts, or indeed is regarded as an irrelevance, as a distraction from actually doing research. In this book, Hammersley argues that, in large part, this reflects and is part of a wider problem: the gradual decline of a previously influential academic model of inquiry. This has occurred as a result of ideological challenges and the erosion of the institutional conditions that support academic work. He defends this model, spelling out the demands it places upon social scientists, and examining such issues as the proper role of methodology, the nature of objectivity, the false idea that social scientists should be intellectuals or social critics, the dialectic of academic discussion, the ethics of belief, and the limits of academic freedom. More broadly, he also questions the role of the social research within society and what it means to be a social scientist in the 21st century. Hammersley's book is engagingly written and controversial. It tackles the major issues of contemporary social research methodology head on and is an essential read for anyone with an interest in this field."-- Publisher's description
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Topical Term Social sciences
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      Shelf #1 Directorate of Library Services Directorate of Library Services Social Science Collection 08/20/2021 SAGE PUBLICATIONS 11500.00 MED. H62.H2336 000000101022 Books