TY  - BOOK
AU  - Crotty, Michael
AU  - Crotty, Michael
TI  - The Foundations of Social Research:  : meaning and perspective in the research process
SN  - 9780761961062
U1  - 300.72 CRO 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - London
PB  -  ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications
KW  - Social Sciences
KW  - Sociology -- Research -- Methodology
KW  - Social sciences -- Philosophy
KW  - Research
KW  - Sociologie -- Recherche -- Méthodologie
KW  - Empirische Sozialforschung
KW  - Sciences sociales -- Recherche -- Méthodologie
N1  - 	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
N2  - 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
ER  -