Cathy Lewin & Bridget Somekh 
Theory and Methods in Social Research 

This new edition provides a scholarly and readable introduction to all the key qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and methods, enabling postgraduate and masters-level students and new researchers to reflect on which ones suit their needs and to receive guidance on how to find out more.

With chapters written by experienced research practitioners, this second edition has been extensively expanded and updated. There are seven completely new chapters, as well as:

– new material on literature reviews

– a new introduction to quantitative methods

– an expanded glossary

– Weblinks with free access to a wide range of peer-reviewed journal articles

– an annotated bibliography with conversational notes from authors in each chapter.

This book will act as your ′expert friend′ throughout your research project, providing advice, explaining key concepts and the implications for your research design, and illustrating these with examples of real research studies.

Daftar Isi

PART ONE: READING, REVIEWING AND REFLECTING

Introduction

Research in the Social Sciences – Bridget Somekh et al

Working with Literatures – Barbara Kamler and Pat Thomson

Ethical Issues in Generating Public Knowledge – Heather Piper and Helen Simons

PART TWO: LISTENING, EXPLORING THE CASE AND THEORIZING

Introduction

Ethnography – Jo Frankham and Christina Mac Rae

Research Diaries – Mary Louise Holly and Herbert Altrichter

Case Study – Charlotte Chadderton and Harry Torrance

Interviewing and Focus Groups – Rosaline SBarbour and John Schostak

PART THREE: ADDRESSING ISSUES OF POWER AND RESEARCHING FOR IMPACT

Introduction

Feminist Methodologies – Diane Burns and Khatidja Chantler

Critical Race Theory and Its Use in Social Science Research – Laurence Parker and Lorna Roberts

Queer Theory / Lesbian and Gay Approaches – Gloria Filax et al

Action Research – Susan Noffke and Bridget Somekh

The Purpose, Practice and Politics of Sponsored Evaluations – Tineke Abma and Thomas A Schwandt

PART FOUR: OBSERVING, QUERYING, INTERPRETING

Introduction

Grounded Theory – Juliet Corbin and Nicholas L Holt

Understanding Phenomenology through Reverse Perspectives – Angie Titchen and Dawn Hobson

Observation – Liz Jones and Bridget Somekh

Discourse Analysis – Alison Lee and Alan Petersen

Researching Online Practices – Colin Lankshear, Kevin M Leander and Michele Knobel

PART FIVE: IDENTITY, COMMUNITY AND REPRESENTATION

Introduction

Life History and Narrative Methods – Scherto Gill and Ivor Goodson

Social Semiotics and Multimodal Texts – Diane Mavers and Gunther Kress

Communities of Practice – David Benzie and Bridget Somekh

Activity Theory – Ines Langemeyer and Morten Nissen

Researching Policy – Jill Blackmore and Hugh Lauder

PART SIX: QUANTITATIVE METHODS: THEORIES AND PERSPECTIVES

Introduction

The Practices of Quantitative Methods – Kelvyn Jones

The Positivist Paradigm in Contemporary Social Research: The Interface of Psychology, Method and Sociocultural Theory – Charles Crook and Dean Garratt

Understanding and Describing Quantitative Data – Cathy Lewin

Differences and Relationships in Quantitative Data – Sally Barnes and Cathy Lewin

An Introduction to Statistical Modelling – Kelvyn Jones

PART SEVEN: QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN ACTION

Introduction

Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Social Inquiry – Jennifer C Greene, Holly Kreider and Ellen Mayer

Random Reflections on Modelling, Geography and Voting – Kelvyn Jones

Methodological Issues in International Comparative Assessments of Educational Progress – W J Pelgrum

Evaluating Literacy Advance in the Early Years of School – John Ainley

Working Backwards: The Road Less Travelled in Quantitative Methodology – Brian Doig

PART EIGHT: RESEARCHING IN POSTMODERN CONTEXTS

Introduction

Deconstruction – Erica Burman and Maggie Maclure

From Hermeneutics to Post-Structuralism to Psychoanalysis – Tony Brown and Daniel Heggs

From Structuralism to Post-Structuralism – Lee Miller, Joanne ′Bob′ Whalley and Ian Stronach

Feminism/Post-Structuralism – Bronwen Davies and Suzanne Gannon

Tentang Penulis

Bridget Somekh is based at Manchester Metropolitan University as well as University of Canterbury.