How to do Social Science that Matters

Hardback

How to do Social Science that Matters

9781035314539 Edward Elgar Publishing
Edited by Jerzy Kociatkiewicz, LITEM, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School, Université Paris Saclay, France and Monika Kostera, Professor Ordinaria, Faculty of Sociology, University of Warsaw, Poland and Södertörn University, Sweden
Publication Date: July 2024 ISBN: 978 1 03531 453 9 Extent: c 204 pp
This holistic How to guide provides practical advice on conducting meaningful research within the social sciences, focusing on practices which are sensitive and bespoke. Mapping out the field and inviting further exploration, its insights reflect lessons from a wide variety of social science research projects, all of which have crucial epistemological and methodological consequences.

Copyright & permissions

Recommend to librarian

Your Details

Privacy Policy

Librarian Details

Download leaflet

Print page

More Information
Critical Acclaim
More Information
This holistic How to guide provides practical advice on conducting meaningful research within the social sciences, focusing on practices which are sensitive and bespoke. Mapping out the field and inviting further exploration, its insights reflect lessons from a wide variety of social science research projects, all of which have crucial epistemological and methodological consequences.

Drawing on diverse experiences of international and interdisciplinary scholars, How to do Social Science that Matters presents methodology as a result of choices and stances related to values, context, and research interests. Each chapter focuses on one particular perspective, considering relationships, systemic inequalities, mutual meanings, and heterodoxy. A vast range of techniques are employed to conceptualise meaningful research methods, from ethnographies to poetry. Ultimately, this How To guide foregrounds the importance of impactful social science in peacemaking and building understanding.

Centring a truly innovative perspective on social science analysis, this book is a crucial resource for students and scholars of management, organisation studies and research methods. It also appeals to those across the social sciences who wish to learn more about crafting purposeful and sensitive methodology.
Critical Acclaim
‘Cease fire! And if it were time for peace and wisdom in social sciences. No longer the ultimate, universal truth but a polyphony of authentic, territorial voices. Sensitive to the diversity of human experience. Striving for what matters…’
– Jean-Luc Moriceau, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School, France
My Cart