ApproachestoSocialEnquiry:AdvancingKnowledge

Sinceitsinitialpublication,thishighlyrespectedbookhasprovidedstudentswithamuchneededcriticalreviewofthemajorresearchparadigmsinthesocialsciencesandthelogicsorstrategiesofenquiryassociatedwiththem.ApproachestoSocialEnquirydrawstogetheravastbodyofliteraturefromthephilosophyofscience,thephilosophyofsocialscience,socialtheoryandresearchmethodology.Itfocusesonquestionssuchas:Howisnewsocialscientificknowledgeproducedorexistingknowledgefurtherdeveloped?Whatstatusdoesthisknowledgehaveandhowcanthisbeestablished?Towhatextentcanthewaysofadvancingknowledgeinthenaturalsciencesbeusedinthesocialsciences?Whatmajordilemmasdosocialresearchersfaceinthedevelopmentofnewknowledge?Noothertextofferssuchaclearandaccessible,butstillrigorous,accountofthesesometimescomplexdebates.Thissecondeditionhasbeenthoroughlyupdatedtoencompassthemostcontemporarydebatesabouttheconductandunderpinningsofsocialresearch.Moreattentionisalsopaidtoresearchpractice.Inaddition,integratedempiricalexampleshavebeenincludedtoillustrateandextendthephilosophicalandtheoreticaldiscussion.ApproachestoSocialEnquirywillbeinvaluabletoadvancedundergraduateandgraduatestudentswhoareplanningtheirownresearchorstudyingresearchmethods,andtoresearchersacrossawiderangeofdisciplines.