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Creative problem solving in the field : reflections on a career
- Title
- Creative problem solving in the field : reflections on a career / William Foote Whyte.
- Author
- Whyte, William Foote, 1914-2000.
- Publication
- Walnut Creek : AltaMira Press, ©1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HM48 .W45 1997 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 162 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- This book is both a guide through the practical and conceptual complexities and problems associated with fieldwork, as well as a look back on the life of one of the most interesting and important sociologists of our time.
- Subject
- Sociology > Research > Methodology
- Sociology > Fieldwork
- Social sciences > Research > Methodology
- Social sciences > Fieldwork
- Empirische Sozialforschung
- Feldforschung
- Problemlösen
- Sociale wetenschappen
- Methodologie
- Sociology > Methodology
- Social sciences > Methodology
- Sociologie > Recherche > Méthodologie
- Sociologie > Recherche sur le terrain
- Sciences sociales > Recherche sur le terrain
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-153) and index.
- Contents
- Gaining access to the field -- Systematizing participant observation -- Interviewing in the field -- Facts interpretation, and ethics in qualitative inquiry -- Transactional relationships -- Money and motivation -- Socio-technical systems -- Studying culture and intercultural relations -- On combining research methods -- On history : how the past shapes present and future -- Learning from Mondragón -- Sociology as social science -- Methods for doing applied social research -- Combining consulting and applied social research -- A vision for sociology and society.
- ISBN
- 076198920X
- 9780761989202
- 0761989218
- 9780761989219
- LCCN
- 97004912
- OCLC
- ocm36892698
- 36892698
- SCSB-8805487
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library