Using Biographical Methods in Social Research 1st Edition by Barbara Merrill, Linden West 9781412929585 141292958X
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ISBN 10: 141292958X
ISBN 13: 9781412929585
Author: Barbara Merrill, Linden West
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.
Table of contents:
Chapter 1 Introduction: Setting the Scene
Chapter 2 Biographical Methods: An Introductory History
Chapter 3 Mapping the Contemporary Uses of Biographical Research
Chapter 4 Identifying Some Theoretical Issues
Chapter 5 Illustrating Good Practice: Case Studies
Chapter 6 Getting Started in Research
Chapter 7 Interviewing and Recording Experience
Chapter 8 Making Sense of Biography: Analysis
Chapter 9 Representing the Stories: Writing Up
Chapter 10 Is Biographical Research Valid and Ethical?
Chapter 11 On Being a Biographical Researcher
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