Informed consent : information production and ideology / Lisa R. Schiff. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schiff, Lisa R., 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political planning.

Information theory in the social sciences.

Ideology.

Social sciences--Research.

Social sciences.

Homelessness.

Objectivity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 171 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Informed Consent analyzes the interplay between ideology and information. Through extensive research on how information about the homeless is generated and interpreted, Lisa R. Schiff offers both hard evidence and a convincing argument for questioning "how service providers create forms and clients complete them, how advocates administer surveys and public agencies compile counts." At the same time, she explores the day-to-day implications of her findings by demonstrating how competing understandings affect prevailing ideologies, which in turn affect our attempts at social change."--Jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Definitions and premises

Information production in context

Ideology: the dominating conceptions of homelessness

Mechanisms: connecting ideology and information production

Conclusions

Appendix A: Interview subjects

Appendix B: Key elements in the field of homelessness j

Appendix C: History of homelessness in San Francisco

Appendix D: Research method

Appendix E: Interview questions

Appendix F: Transcription conventions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-163) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-47995-X