Research Methods - Soc. Policy

Cross-country comparisons are critical to a nuanced understanding of society and are central to the social sciences. For twenty-five years the International Social Survey Programme has profoundly influenced the development of mass comparative surveys. Now, original analysis of the findings by thirty..

Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1976 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection...

This interdisciplinary collection provides a set of innovative and inventive approaches to the use of video as a research method. Building on the development of visual methods across the social sciences, it highlights a range of possibilities for making and working with video data, including video d..

This is a practical guide for students, researchers and teachers in the social sciences who wish to explore and actively use visual research. Demonstrating the use of visual ethnography, video and photography, 'researcher found' imagery and representations in popular culture, this book offers an int..

This is a practical guide for students, researchers and teachers in the social sciences who wish to explore and actively use visual research. Demonstrating the use of visual ethnography, video and photography, 'researcher found' imagery and representations in popular culture, this book offers an int..

As an ethnographic method walking has a long history, but it has only recently_x005F_x000D_ begun to attract focused attention. This interdisciplinary collection provides a guided route through a variety of sensory walks, exploring the possibilities for conducting research on the move along the way...

Discussing the work of Kuhn, Winch and Wittgenstein in relation to fundamental question of methodology, 'Wittgenstein among the Sciences' undertakes an examination of the nature of (natural) science itself, in the light of which a series of successive cases of putatively scientific disciplines are a..

Discussing the work of Kuhn, Winch and Wittgenstein in relation to fundamental question of methodology, 'Wittgenstein among the Sciences' undertakes an examination of the nature of (natural) science itself, in the light of which a series of successive cases of putatively scientific disciplines are a..