Using documents in social research / Lindsay Prior.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prior, Lindsay, 1947-

Series:

Introducing qualitative methods.

Introducing qualitative methods

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology--Research--Methodology.

Sociology.

Research--Methodology.

Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 195 p., [2] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.), plan.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Sage Publications, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This comprehensive, yet concise, introduction to the use of documents as tools within social science research argues that documents stand in a dual-relation to human activity. Therefore by transmitting ideas and influencing the course and nature of human activity they are integral to the research process.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; 1 - Basic Themes: Use, Production and Content; 2 - Producing Facts; 3 - Documents in Action I. Documents in Organizational Settings; 4 - Documents in Action II. Making things visible; 5 - Texts, Authors, Identities; 6 - Content, Meaning and Reference; 7 - Doing Things with Words; 8 - Documents as Evidence. Researching the Inert Text; 9 - Production, Consumption and Exchange; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-188) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781446234631

1446234630

9780857020222

0857020226

9781847876676

1847876676

9780761957478

0761957472

OCLC:

850193748