Doing Research on Sensitive Topics - Couverture souple

Lee, Raymond M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0803988613 ISBN 13 : 9780803988613

Editeur : SAGE Publications Ltd, 1993

Synopsis

This book is a comprehensive guide to the methodological, ethical and practical issues involved in undertaking research on sensitive topics. Raymond M Lee explores the reasons why social research may be politically or socially contentious: its relation to issues of social or political power; its capacity to encroach on people′s lives; and its potentially problematic nature for the researcher.

Issues examined include: the choice of methodologies for sensitive research; problems of estimating the size of hidden populations; questions of sampling, surveying and interviewing; and sensitivity in access and the handling of data. The book also discusses the political and ethical issues at stake in the relations between the researc

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Raymond M. Lee is an Emeritus Professor of Social Research Methods at Royal Holloway University of London. He has written extensively about a range of methodological topics. These include the problems and issues involved in research on "sensitive" topics, research in physically dangerous environments, the use of unobtrusive measures, and the role of new technologies in the research process. His current research focuses on the historical development of interviewing techniques.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0803988613
• ISBN 13: 9780803988613
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible