基本説明
Provides both novice and experienced researcher with valuable insights into a key list of critical texts pertaining to a wide array of social science methods useful when doing fieldwork.
Full Description
A Handbook for Social Science Field Research provides both novice and experienced researcher with valuable insights into a key list of critical texts pertaining to a wide array of social science methods useful when doing fieldwork. Through essays on everything from ethnography to case study, archival research, oral history, surveys, secondary data analysis and ethics, this refreshing new collection offers `tales from the field' by renowned scholars across various disciplines.
Contents
PART IOverview1. ArchivesThe Past is Another Country by Robert VitalisBibliography2. Case StudiesCase-Based Research by Andrew Schrank: Bibliography3. Ethnographic MethodsEthnography: Theory and Methods by Alma GottliebBibliography4. Oral HistoriesOral Histories as Methods and Sources by Tamara Giles-Vernick:Bibliography5. Focus GroupsFocus Group Interviews by Susan ShortBibliography6. Surveys and Secondary Data SourcesUsing Survey Data in Social Science Research in Developing Countries by Albert Park:Bibliography on Survey Research7. Combining Qualitative and Quantitative ToolsQualitative Research: Does it Fit in Economics? by Michael Piore:BibliographyPART II: Essentials for the Conduct of ResearchOverview1. Essentials for EthnographyEthnographic Research by Stevan Harrell2. Essentials for the Case Study MethodThe Case Study and Causal Research by Andrew Shrank3. Essentials for Research DesignIn Search of the Holy Grail: Projects, Proposals, and Research Design, But Mostly about Why Writing a Dissertation Proposal is So Difficult by Michael Watts4. Research Ethics are EssentialEthical Considerations for Research in Cross-Cultural Settings by Sara CurranBibliography5. Maintaining Perspective is EssentialBringing It All Back Home: Personal Reflections on Friends, Findings, and Fieldwork by Andrew Schrank
