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Merrill, Barbara and West, Linden (2009) Using biographical methods in social research. London: Sage Publications Ltd.. ISBN 9781412929592
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Abstract
Using Biographical Methods in Social Research provides an informative, comprehensive, accessible and practical guide to the nature and use of biographical methods, combining a consideration of theoretical issues with practical guidance as well as reflections on the personal experience of doing research.
Barbara Merrill and Linden West consider important questions about who and what research is for and what makes it valid, alongside the practical business of interviewing, transcribing, analyzing and writing up of biographical data. The authors draw on their sociological and psychological orientations to provide a truly interdisciplinary approach to the subject, and provide numerous examples of biographical research across the social sciences.
This book will equip students with all the skills necessary to undertake biographical research as well as to fully understand what they are doing and the assumptions they make about the nature of truth, knowledge, story telling and being human. It will be useful for students and researchers using biographical methods in a range of disciplines, including sociology, social policy, social psychology, health care and education.
Item Type: | Book | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) | ||||
Divisions: | Other > Centre for Lifelong Learning | ||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
Place of Publication: | London | ||||
ISBN: | 9781412929592 | ||||
Official Date: | 2009 | ||||
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Number of Pages: | 224 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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