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The Politics of Field Research: Sociology beyond Enlightenment

British Journal of SociologyPublished 1 September 1991
Robert L. Burgess, Jaber F. Gubrium, David J. Silverman
Citations83
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score1.35
SNIP2.08

Abstract

Introduction - David Silverman and Jaber F Gubrium PART ONE: POLITICS OF THE FIELD Deconstructing the Field - Roy Turner The Impossible Dreams of Reformism and Romanticism - David Silverman Romantics and Stoics - Philip M Strong and Robert Dingwall The Construction of a Sociological Consumer - Peter R Grahame PART TWO: POLITICS IN THE FIELD Local Cultures and Service Policy - Jaber F Gubrium Corridors of Power - Don Slater Evaluation Research and Quality Assurance - Lindsay Prior Reconstituting the Sociology of Law - Susan Silbey and Austin Sarat PART THREE: POLITICS FROM THE FIELD Social Research and the Rationalization of Care - Mary Simms Ethnography Addressing the Practitioner - Michael Bloor and Neil McKeganey Studying Policies in the Field - Peter Manning Interventions in New Social Movements - Elim Papadakis

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Social Sciences