Doing Reflexivity

An Introduction

Jon Dean (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

2017
Policy Press (Verlag)
978-1-4473-3084-4 (ISBN)

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This book provides social science researchers with both a strong rationale for the importance of thinking reflexively and a practical guide to doing it. The first book to build on Pierre Bourdieu's reflexive work, it combines academic analysis with practical examples and case studies. The book will be of interest to researchers and students.

Reflexivity is vital in social research projects, but there remains relatively little advice on how to execute it in practice. This book provides social science researchers with both a strong rationale for the importance of thinking reflexively and a practical guide to doing reflexivity within their research. The first book on the subject to build primarily on the theoretical and empirical contributions of Pierre Bourdieu's reflexive work, it combines academic analysis with practical examples and case studies, drawing both on recent reflexive research projects and original empirical data from new projects conducted by the author. Written in an engaging and accessible style, the book will be of interest to researchers from all career stages and disciplinary backgrounds, but especially early-career researchers and students who are struggling with subjectivity, positionality, and the realities of being reflexive.

Jon Dean is a senior lecturer in politics and sociology at Sheffield Hallam University. His research focuses on the voluntary sector and charitable giving, with a particular interest in inequalities within the charity sphere, especially around social class and youth participation. He also works in the field of homelessness, and the representation of need in fundraising appeals.

Introduction: a rationale for reflexivity;

Pierre Bourdieu and the development of theory;

Putting yourself in? Bourdieu's reflexive project;

Standpoints, disciplines, spaces;

Reflexivity in the field: four case studies;

Desert Island discourses: doing a parallel analysis;

The reflexive me;

Conclusions;

Coda: writing in the social sciences.

Erscheinungsdatum	12.01.2017
Zusatzinfo	2 Tables, black and white
Sprache	englisch
Maße	172 x 240 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
ISBN-10	1-4473-3084-6 / 1447330846
ISBN-13	978-1-4473-3084-4 / 9781447330844
Zustand	Neuware