| Ethnomethodology Four-Volume Set Edition Contributor(s): Lynch, Michael (Editor), Sharrock, Wes (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1848604416 ISBN-13: 9781848604414 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $1128.60 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Research - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 305.8 |
| LCCN: 2010923736 |
| Series: Sage Benchmarks in Social Research Methods |
| Physical Information: 5.2" H x 6.8" W x 9.7" (7.00 lbs) 1656 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ethnomethodology (meaning, very crudely, ′small group′ methods) is an approach to sociological research that is associated with the work of Harold Garfinkel and Harvey Sacks. It was very influential in the 1970s and 80s for challenging the more abstract types of social theory. Against these, it offered a way of exploring the rules of practice (generally the hidden rules of practice) in small groups. This four-volume set includes selections that discuss and exemplify how conversations, experiments, and observations are used to gain insight into larger questions of social order and social change. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sharrock, Wes: - Wes Sharrock has spent his entire career since 1965 in sociology until his retirement in 2017 at the University of Manchester. His main interests have been in the philosophy of social science and in ethnomethodology, and he has published widely on issues of sociological principle and empirical research in these areas. Wes has explored two central themes--the relevance of fieldwork and an understanding of ordinary language for an understanding of social practice and the respecification of social theory--pursuing them across a huge variety of settings, from ordinary scenes of everyday social life through to complex domains of practical action and reasoning in various academic and industrial work situations. An ethnomethodologist of international reputation, alongside his other contributions, Wes coedited with Mike Lynch the four-volume 2003 Sage collection Harold Garfinkel. |