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Re-thinking social research : anti-discriminatory approaches in research methodology

Title
Re-thinking social research : anti-discriminatory approaches in research methodology / edited by Beth Humphries, Carole Truman.
Publication
Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Avebury, ©1994.

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Additional Authors
  • Humphries, Beth, 1940-
  • Truman, Carole, 1960-
Description
xiii, 213 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
Explores the process of social research from an anti-discriminatory perspective. This volume examines aspects of power and "difference" in research, including the power of black feminist research, issues in collaborative research, and quality of life in people with learning difficulties.
Alternative Title
Rethinking social research
Subject
  • Social policy > Research > Methodology
  • Social service > Research > Methodology
  • Discrimination
  • Discrimination, Psychological
  • discrimination
  • Bekämpfung
  • Diskriminierung
  • Empirische Sozialforschung
  • Forschungsmethode
  • Methodologie
  • Sozialarbeit
  • Sozialpolitik
  • Aufsatzsammlung
  • Sociale wetenschappen
  • Onderzoeksmethoden
  • Seksen
  • Etnische groepen
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Rethinking social research: research in an unequal world / Carole Truman and Beth Humphries -- Feminist challenges to traditional research: Have they gone far enough? / Carole Truman -- Race and enthnicity in social work: some issues for anti-discriminatory research / Ravinder Barn -- Exploring ways of giving a voice to people with learning disabilities / Kathleen Pitcairn -- Lost in a "straight" reality: lesbians and gay men in social research / Lynn Keenaghan -- Critical life histories: key anti-oppressive research methods and processes / Derek Clifford -- Developing a feminist participative research framework: evaluating the process / Marion Martin.
  • Doing service based research: some lessons from the all-Wales Strategy / Mary Scally and Stephen Beyer -- Anti-discriminatory practitioner social work research: some basic problems and possible remedies / Bob Broad -- Empowerment and social research: elements for an analytic framework / Beth Humphries.
ISBN
  • 1856284425
  • 9781856284424
LCCN
94010773
OCLC
  • ocm30110067
  • 30110067
  • SCSB-8967323
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library