The Politics of Field Research: Sociology Beyond Enlightenment

by David Silverman

Sociological field research faces mounting pressures to examine its theoretical and methodological basis, its political origins and effects. This book draws on the contributors extensive fieldwork experience to address the questions raised. What is the nature of the 'field? What can or should social research offer to funding agencies, social groups, the researcher and the subjects of the research? The contributors explore the political and philosophical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803982267
• ISBN13: 9780803982260
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.