TY  - BOOK
AU  - Crotty,Michael
TI  - The foundations of social research: meaning and perspective in the research process 
SN  - 9780761961055 (hbk.) :
AV  - H62.C7 1998 
U1  - 300.72 CRO 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - London
PB  - SAGE
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Society
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Social research & statistics
KW  - thema
KW  - Social theory
N1  - 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?
N2  - 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
ER  -