| Actions and Structure: Research Methods and Social Theory Contributor(s): Fielding, Nigel G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0803981473 ISBN-13: 9780803981478 Publisher: Sage Publications UK OUR PRICE: $203.30 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 1988 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Research |
| Dewey: 301.01 |
| LCCN: 88060379 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.92 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Social scientists have always recognised a divergence between approaches which emphasise the constraining power of social structure and those which interpret society through the cumulative effects of actions of individuals. In recent years there has been renewed interest in the latter through the micro-sociology of everyday life. Social scientists are now taking stock of the implications of micro-sociological research for the analysis of structure and the macro-level theory of society. In Actions and Structure the value of micro-sociological research for the analysis of social order is assessed. Individual chapters evaluate new research approaches from discourse and conversational analysis, mathematical, interactionist and phenomenol |
Contributor Bio(s): Fielding, Nigel G.: - Nigel G. Fielding, BA (Sussex) MA (Kent) PhD (LSE), is an Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Surrey and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. His interests in research methodology include mixed methods, qualitative software, interview methods, field observation, and digitally mediated fieldwork. He has authored/edited 24 books, many in research methodology, most recently the second edition of the Handbook of online research methods (SAGE, 2017, with Grant Blank and Ray Lee). |