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Approaches to social enquiry : (Record no. 111743)

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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
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