01803nam a22002897a 4500 58361 58361 20211007122412.0 210824b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780761961062 :Variety Books Publishers & Distributors :B-10 Street No 2 West Vinod Nagar Delhi 110092 :IM2877 :13/08/2021 300.72 CRO Crotty, Michael The Foundations of Social Research : meaning and perspective in the research process / Michael Crotty London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications , 1998. vii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm 3553 Preface -- 1. Introduction: the research process -- 2. Positivism: the march of science -- 3. Constructionism: the making of science -- 4. Interpretivism: for and against culture -- 5. Interpretivism: the way of hermeneutics -- 6. Critical inquiry: the Marxist heritage -- 7. Critical inquiry: contemporary critics & contemporary critique -- 8. Feminism: re-visioning the man-made world -- 9. Postmodernism: crisis of confidence or moment of truth? -- 10. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. The Foundations of Social Research details the major epistemological stances and theoretical perspectives that colour and shape current social research: positivism; constructionism; interpretivism; critical enquiry, feminism; and postmodernism. Social Sciences Sociology -- Research -- Methodology. Social sciences -- Philosophy. Research. Sociologie -- Recherche -- Méthodologie. Empirische Sozialforschung Sciences sociales -- Recherche -- Méthodologie. Crotty, Michael BOOK 0 0 ddc 0 0 SNUL SNUL 2021-08-24 Variety Books Publishers & Distributors 3553.00 1 300.72 CRO 28024 2026-09-14 19:50:56 2026-08-03 2021-08-24 BOOK