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Ethics and values in social research / by Paul Ransome.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.Description: ix, 190 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780230202214:
  • 0230202217 (pbk.)
  • 9780230202207 (hbk.)
  • 0230202209 (hbk.)
  • 9780230202214 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 174.93
Contents:
Introduction: Themes and Debates -- Social Values and Social Research: The Collective Good, Life and Liberty, and Reason -- Social Research and Professional Codes of Ethics -- The Intellectual and Philosophical Underpinnings of Social Research -- The values of the Researcher and Evaluation Research -- Critical Approaches in Social Research: Critical Realism and Value Standpoint Social Research -- Making it Personal: Action Research, Practitioner Research and Self-reflexive Practice -- Social Research and Social Policy -- Concluding Remarks.
Summary: "Ethical responsibility has intellectual and practical implications for social researchers. This book explores a range of issues, theories and questions, enabling readers to reflect upon, understand and critique these with confidence. With helpful examples and a glossary of terms, it is essential reading for new and experienced researchers alike."--Publisher's website.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
General Lending Wexford Campus Library Wexford General Lending 174.93 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 76013
General Lending Wexford Campus Library Wexford General Lending 174.93 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 76014

CW068

CW017

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Themes and Debates -- Social Values and Social Research: The Collective Good, Life and Liberty, and Reason -- Social Research and Professional Codes of Ethics -- The Intellectual and Philosophical Underpinnings of Social Research -- The values of the Researcher and Evaluation Research -- Critical Approaches in Social Research: Critical Realism and Value Standpoint Social Research -- Making it Personal: Action Research, Practitioner Research and Self-reflexive Practice -- Social Research and Social Policy -- Concluding Remarks.

"Ethical responsibility has intellectual and practical implications for social researchers. This book explores a range of issues, theories and questions, enabling readers to reflect upon, understand and critique these with confidence. With helpful examples and a glossary of terms, it is essential reading for new and experienced researchers alike."--Publisher's website.

32.05

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