Pioneering Social Research : : Life Stories of a Generation / / Paul Thompson, Ken Plummer, Neli Demireva.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
• VerfasserIn: Thompson, Paul,; Demireva, Neli,; Plummer, Ken,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Any de publicació: 2021
• Idioma: English
• Descripció física: 1 online resource (254 p.)

Presenting the landmark Pioneers life stories project, this one-of-a-kind book documents how modern social research in the UK was shaped. It sheds new light on the lives, methods and motivations of men and women who helped develop a new world of research methodology, pioneered feminist research, and first confronted the issues of race and ethnicity. It combines a fascinating history of the generations who built outstanding and influential social research with a valuable resource for future research and teaching on methods.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- Authorship -- Acknowledgements -- Finding and using the pioneers’ interviews -- Introduction: the pioneers of social research study -- Moments of discovery -- Life stories: biography and creativity -- Beginnings -- Contexts: Empire, politics and culture -- Old boundaries, new thoughts -- Organising: creating research worlds -- Old and new trends -- Fighting or mixing: quantitative and qualitative research -- Into the field -- Fieldwork: making methods -- On the margins -- Social divisions: class, gender, ethnicity – and more -- Reflections for the future -- Conclusion: what can we learn? -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Further reading -- Biographical summaries -- Index