
Library Catalogue

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| fixed length control field | 02249nam a2200205Ia 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | OSt |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20260120053629.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 181105s2012 xx 000 0 und |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780745634494 (pbk.) |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 300.72 BLA |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Blaikie, Norman |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Approaches to social enquiry : |
| Remainder of title | advancing knowledge / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Norman Blaikie |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 2nd ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Policy Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xi, 243 p. ; |
| Dimensions | 21 cm. |
| 505 ## - Contents | |
| Contents | List of Figures and Tables <br/>Preface to the First Edition <br/>Preface to the Second Edition <br/>INTRODUCTION *1 MAJOR CHOICES IN SOCIAL ENQUIRY <br/>Introduction Research Problem; Research Questions; Research Strategies; Researcher's Stance Research Paradigms; The Status of Knowledge; Research Paradigms and Research Strategies Chapter Summary; Further Reading; <br/>2 MAJOR DILEMMAS IN SOCIAL ENQUIRY; Introduction; Science and Social Science; <br/>Major Dilemmas; The Postmodern Turn; Chapter Summary; Further Reading<br/>3 ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE USING FOUR; RESEARCH STRATEGIES; <br/>Introduction Styles of Reasoning; The Inductive Research Strategy; The Deductive Research Strategy Combining the Inductive and Deductive Strategies; The Abductive Research Strategy; <br/>Combining Reproductive and Abductive Strategies; Chapter Summary; Further Reading <br/>4 CLASSICAL RESEARCH PARADIGMS; Introduction; Positivism; Critical Rationalism; Classical Hermeneutics; Interpretivist; Chapter Summary; Further Reading; <br/>5 CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH PARADIGMS; Introduction; Critical Theory; Ethnomethodology Social Realism; Contemporary Hermeneutics; Structuration Theory; Feminism; Chapter Summary Further Reading <br/>6 REVIEW AND CRITIQUE OF THE RESEARCH PARADIGMS; Introduction; Research Paradigms Revisited: Ontology and Epistemology; Critique of the Research Paradigms; Review of Some Major Dilemmas; Association between Research Strategies Research Paradigms; <br/>Conclusion: Further Reading; POSTSCRIPT: THE COMPLEXITY TURN; Introduction; Origins Characteristics of Complex Systems; Key Ideas; The Reality of the Complex; Complexity and Postmodernism; Complexity and Research;<br/>Conclusion<br/>REFERENCES<br/>Notes<br/>Figures and Tables<br/> |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Social Enquiry |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Research Problem |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | BOOKs |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| NLS | NLS | General Stacks | 13/06/2017 | 1 | 300.72 BLA | 35284 | 10/12/2024 | 02/12/2024 | 05/11/2018 | BOOKs |