A Methodology for Social Research. With a New Introductory Essay

Product Description When first published, this innovative book sought to reshape attitudes toward the research process by detailing the impact of theory upon research and examining the role of the researcher in shaping the outcome of social research. This conceptual framework, as relevant today as when first proposed, has been placed in a contemporary context by Gideon Sjoberg in his introductory essay. Sjoberg's thought-provoking piece brings into sharper focus the methodological orientation of this classic book and relates this orientation to current issues in sociology. He articulates how the framework that he and his co-author developed stands apart from that advanced by other sociologists and demonstrates how changing social realities over the past three decades support their view. From the Publisher Titles of related interest from Waveland Press: Babbie, Observing Ourselves: Essays in Social Research (ISBN 1577660196); Emerson, Contemporary Field Research: A Collection of Readings, Second Edition (ISBN 1577661850); Matsumoto, Cultural Influences on Research Methods and Statistics (ISBN 1577661125); and McCurdy et al., The Cultural Experience: Ethnography in Complex Society, Second Edition (ISBN 1577663640).