Using Biographical Methods in Social Research

Using Biographical Methods in Social Research
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Total Pages : 225
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ISBN-10 : 9781446204481
ISBN-13 : 1446204480
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Book Synopsis Using Biographical Methods in Social Research by : Barbara Merrill

Download or read book Using Biographical Methods in Social Research written by Barbara Merrill and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2009-05-18 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using Biographical Methods in Social Research provides an informative, comprehensive, accessible and practical guide to the nature and use of biographical methods, combining a consideration of theoretical issues with practical guidance as well as reflections on the personal experience of doing research. Barbara Merrill and Linden West consider important questions about who and what research is for and what makes it valid, alongside the practical business of interviewing, transcribing, analyzing and writing up of biographical data. The authors draw on their sociological and psychological orientations to provide a truly interdisciplinary approach to the subject, and provide numerous examples of biographical research across the social sciences. This book will equip students with all the skills necessary to undertake biographical research as well as to fully understand what they are doing and the assumptions they make about the nature of truth, knowledge, story telling and being human. It will be useful for students and researchers using biographical methods in a range of disciplines, including sociology, social policy, social psychology, health care and education.


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