Reflections on Methodology - Sociology, Ethnography and Applied Research

Reflections on Sociology provides an engaging retrospective on the career of Max Travers, exploring key ethnographic projects and fundamental methodological debates in social science.

List of contents

1. Introduction; SECTION A: METHODOLOGICAL DEBATES 2. Critical Theory Versus Interpretivism 3. Sociological Theory, Then and Now 4. Is Ethnomethodology Useful? 5. Mixed Methods Projects 6. Taking a Stand against the Qualitative Archive 7. What's Wrong with Evaluation?; SECTION B: ACADEMIC WORK IN CHANGING TIMES 8. A Career in Sociology 9. Developments in Teaching and Research; SECTION C: PROJECTS 10. Immigration Control 11. Court Reform 12. Quality Assurance and Bureaucracy 13. Comparative and Southern Criminology 14. Retirement Villages; SECTION D: THE REAR VIEW MIRROR 15. Early Retirement

About the author

Max Travers is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology, University of Tasmania

Product details

• Authors: Max Travers, Max (University of Tasmania Travers
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032989792
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3298979-2
• No. of pages: 162
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology, REFERENCE / Research, Social, group or collective psychology, Social and cultural anthropology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Research methods: general