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Informationen zum Autor Joey Sprague is professor of sociology at the University of Kansas and president and executive officer of Sociologists for Women in Society. An award-winning teacher and nationally respected scholar, she is also an editor for Rowman & Littlefield's Gender Lens Series. Klappentext The second edition features the latest critical scholarship and fresh examples, while providing an excellent overview of both quantitative and qualitative methods. Showing the links between methodology and epistemology, the book highlights the power of research to make a difference and offers practical suggestions for researchers across disciplines. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1.The Field of VisionWhy Feminists?Who Am I?What Is Methodology?What's Keeping Sociology from Its Promise?Knowing Choices2.Seeing through Science: EpistemologiesPositivism: Do the Facts Speak for Themselves?Radical Social Constructionism: Is Knowledge Illusion?Critical Realism Standpoint Theory Critical Realism or Standpoint Theory?Critically Seeking Reality 3.Authority and PowerPower and Authority, Ideology and Knowledge The Subjectivist (MIS)Interpretation of Standpoint Epistemology Social Standpoint Epistemology4.How Feminists Count: Critical Strategies for Quantitative MethodsProblems with Standard Quantitative Methodology How Feminists Use Quantitative Methods Conclusion5.Qualitative Shifts: Feminist Strategies in Field Research and InterviewingFeminist Critiques of Qualitative Methodology Increasing the Researcher/Researched Connection Compensating for the Researcher's Standpoint Constructing Collaborations Conclusion6.Whose Questions? Whose Answers?Asking Critical QuestionsTo Whom Are We Providing Answers?7.Changing Sociology/ Changing the WorldChanging Research Changing Our Discipline Changing OurselvesBibliography
