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Doing reflexivity : An introduction.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dean, Jon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociology--Research.
- Sociology.
- Social sciences--Research.
- Social sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (194 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Policy Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- This book provides social science researchers with both a strong rationale for the importance of thinking reflexively and a practical guide to doing it. The first book to build on Pierre Bourdieu's reflexive work, it combines academic analysis with practical examples and case studies. The book will be of interest to researchers and students.
- Contents:
- Intro
- DOING REFLEXIVITY
- Contents
- List of tables
- About the author
- Acknowledgements
- Prelude
- 1. Introduction: a rationale for reflexivity
- The problem of doing a social, subjective, and empathetic science
- The case for reflexivity
- Overview of the book
- 2. Pierre Bourdieu and the development of theory
- 'I don't like definitions much': Bourdieu's key ideas
- Conclusion
- 3. Putting yourself in? Bourdieu's reflexive project
- Accepting the invitation
- Undertaking a sketch of self-analysis
- Doing reflexivity with Bourdieu
- 4. Standpoints, disciplines, spaces
- Feminist research methods
- Disciplines as social censorship
- Spatial considerations: the case of C. Wright Mills
- Conclusions
- 5. Reflexivity in the field: four case studies
- Mitchell Duneier and the ethics of the reflexive
- Hannah Jones and being uncomfortable
- Lisa Mckenzie and telling your own story
- Shamus Khan and knowing your intervention
- 6. Desert Island discourses: doing a parallel analysis
- The project
- The results
- 7. The reflexive me
- Thinking through who we are
- Practical reflexive issues in research design
- Feelings in fieldwork
- 8. Conclusions
- Doing reflexivity on the run
- Narcissism
- Building spaces for reflexivity
- Final thoughts
- Coda: on writing in the social sciences
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781447330882
- 1-4473-3088-9
- OCLC:
- 968341488
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