The foundations of social research : meaning and perspective in the research process / Michael Crotty.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : SAGE, 1998.Description: vii, 248p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780761961055 (hbk.) :
- 9780761961062 (pbk.) :
- 186448604X
- 300.72 CRO
- H62.C7 1998
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-231) and index.
Introduction: the research process--Positivism: the march of science--Constructivism: the making of meaning--Interpretivism: for and against culture--Interpretivism: the way of hermeneutics--Critical inquiry: the Marxist heritage--Critical inquiry: contemporary critics and contemporary critique--Feminism: revisioning the man-made world--Postmodernism: crisis of confidence or moment of truth?
The Foundations of Social Research details the major epistemological stances and theoretical perspectives that colour and shape current social research: positivism; constructionism; interpretivism; critical enquiry, feminism; and postmodernism.