Table of Contents

Introduction

Part One: Issues in social research

Perspectives on social scientific research
Social theory and social research
Values and ethics in the research process

Part Two: Methods of social research

Official statistics: Topics and resources
Social surveys: Design to analysis
Interviewing: Methods and process
Participant observation: Perspectives and practice
Documentary research: Excavations and evidence
Case study research
Comparative research: Potential and problems

Part Three: Research in practice

Reflections on Research in practice

About the Author

Tim May is Professor and Director, Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK. He is author of Social Research and Reflexivity (2011), co-author of Situating Social Theory (2008) and editor of the series Issues in Society (Open University Press).