The Self in Social Inquiry
Researching Methods
1st Edition
Published on 15. September 1988
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-8039-3347-7 (ISBN)
Description
Why we do research? How do we create knowledge? How does the research process brings about change? This book addresses these questions. Originally published in hardcover as `Exploring Clinical Methods for Social Research', this paperback edition has published under a new title to stress its focus on research methods which place the scrutiny of self in the centre stage of social enquiry.
The introduction discusses the historical, conceptual and personal interests being served, and four sections focus on clinical issues, understanding, involvement and methods. Each chapter is written by a different researcher, and many examples are given. The book will serve as a valuable reference tool.
The introduction discusses the historical, conceptual and personal interests being served, and four sections focus on clinical issues, understanding, involvement and methods. Each chapter is written by a different researcher, and many examples are given. The book will serve as a valuable reference tool.
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Content
Introduction - Kenwyn K Smith and David N Berg
SECTION ONE
CLINICAL ISSUES
The Clinical Demands of Research Methods - David N Berg and Kenwyn K Smith
Taking Our Selves Seriously as Researchers - Clayton P Alderfer
The Hermeneutic Turn and the Single Case Study in Psychoanalysis - Marshall Edelson
Commentary
SECTION TWO
CLINICAL UNDERSTANDING
Action Usable Knowledge - Cortlandt Cammann
Epistemological Problems in Researching Human Relationships - Kenwyn K Smith
Looking at Research Ideas as Behavioral Data - Stewart E Perry
Feminist Distrust - Shulamit Reinharz
Problems of Context and Content in Sociological Work
What Is Clinical Method? - Rodney L Lowman
Commentary
SECTION THREE
CLINICAL INVOLVEMENT
On Seeking One's Own Clinical Voice - J Richard Hackman
A Personal Account
Anxiety in Research Relationships - David N Berg
Self-Full Research - Philip H Mirvis and Meryl Reis Louis
Working Through the Self as Instrument in Organizational Research
On the Researcher's Group Memberships - Kathy E Kram
Virtuous Subjectivity - Alan Peshkin
In the Participant-Observer's I's
Commentary
SECTION FOUR
CLINICAL METHODS
Reconstructing an Organization's History - Valerie M Simmons
Systematic Distortion in Retrospective Data
History in the Here and Now - Jonathon H Gillette
The Development of a Historical Perspective
Using Participant Observation to Construct a Life History - Helen Swick Perry
On Studying Emotionally Hot Topics - Robert I Sutton and Susan J Schurman
Lessons from an Investigation of Organizational Death
Assessing Local Causality in Qualitative Research - A Michael Huberman and Matthew B Miles
Commentary
SECTION ONE
CLINICAL ISSUES
The Clinical Demands of Research Methods - David N Berg and Kenwyn K Smith
Taking Our Selves Seriously as Researchers - Clayton P Alderfer
The Hermeneutic Turn and the Single Case Study in Psychoanalysis - Marshall Edelson
Commentary
SECTION TWO
CLINICAL UNDERSTANDING
Action Usable Knowledge - Cortlandt Cammann
Epistemological Problems in Researching Human Relationships - Kenwyn K Smith
Looking at Research Ideas as Behavioral Data - Stewart E Perry
Feminist Distrust - Shulamit Reinharz
Problems of Context and Content in Sociological Work
What Is Clinical Method? - Rodney L Lowman
Commentary
SECTION THREE
CLINICAL INVOLVEMENT
On Seeking One's Own Clinical Voice - J Richard Hackman
A Personal Account
Anxiety in Research Relationships - David N Berg
Self-Full Research - Philip H Mirvis and Meryl Reis Louis
Working Through the Self as Instrument in Organizational Research
On the Researcher's Group Memberships - Kathy E Kram
Virtuous Subjectivity - Alan Peshkin
In the Participant-Observer's I's
Commentary
SECTION FOUR
CLINICAL METHODS
Reconstructing an Organization's History - Valerie M Simmons
Systematic Distortion in Retrospective Data
History in the Here and Now - Jonathon H Gillette
The Development of a Historical Perspective
Using Participant Observation to Construct a Life History - Helen Swick Perry
On Studying Emotionally Hot Topics - Robert I Sutton and Susan J Schurman
Lessons from an Investigation of Organizational Death
Assessing Local Causality in Qualitative Research - A Michael Huberman and Matthew B Miles
Commentary