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Sociological Practice

Linking Theory and Social Research

By: Derek Layder

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Linking Theory and Social Research

By: Derek Layder

In this textbook, Derek Layder offers a better understanding of the links between theory and research, and provides an analysis of the relationship between the two. He develops clear usable strategies to encourage theory development in the practical context of social research, and introduces a new approach - adaptive theory - which can be used to generate new theory as well as develop existing theory in conjunction with empirical research. Layder concludes by providing an outline of new rules of sociological method that show how adaptive theory can be put into practice.

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Understanding Social Theory

By: Derek Layder

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Understanding Social Theory

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Provides an introduction to the core issues in social theory. This book will be useful reading for students in sociology, social psychology, social theory, political theory and organization studies.

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Social and Personal Identity

Understanding Yourself

By: Derek Layder

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Understanding Yourself

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Analyses where a person's views, attitudes, values come from and why they change?

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Investigative Research

Theory and Practice

By: Derek Layder

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Investigative Research

Theory and Practice

By: Derek Layder

With its unique modelling and mapping of social processes, Investigative Research offers an alternative approach to social research. This book guides you through the theoretical grounding and rules you need to effectively combine the evidence-based explanations of social behaviour and distinctive strategies of data collection associated with investigative research. It helps you answer key investigative questions like: How are models and maps of social reality crucial to the formulation of research problems and questions? What are the main phases, challenges, and theories of investigative research? How does investigative research compare with other research approaches, like surveys, case studies, grounded theory, and mixed methods? How can you control the quality and validity of your investigative research? With its clear focus on investigative research exploration, description, and explanation, this book gives you the solid building blocks needed to manage and integrate the theoretical and practical issues in your work.

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Emotion in Social Life

The Lost Heart of Society

By: Derek Layder

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Emotion in Social Life

The Lost Heart of Society

By: Derek Layder

Whether they involve sexual partners in the bedroom, customers and sales clerks in stores, or work colleagues in committee meetings, interpersonal relations between real people are the essential heart of society. But it is a ′heart′ that has, for too long, been overlooked in social and psychological analysis. This book aims to recover the lost heart by exploring a wide range of examples of interpersonal control: · Intimate relations of love · Romance · Family ties · Sexuality · Emotional blackmail · Violence The book outlines a new way of thinking about control and power in everyday life. Written with accessible authority, the book will be of interest to students of Sociology, Social Psychology and Psychology.

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Doing Excellent Small-Scale Research

By: Derek Layder

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Doing Excellent Small-Scale Research

By: Derek Layder

How do you conduct a small-scale research project? And how do you make it excellent? In this inspiring and engaging book, readers are presented with the key principles and practices of small-scale research. In addition, the book provides a peerless introduction to the key features involved in the process of research design and practice. Written in a clear, accessible way and drawing on exciting up-to-date examples, this book makes for a crucial companion on the way to research excellence. Based on Layder′s solid background as a researcher, supervisor and teacher, Doing Excellent Small-Scale Research: - Leads the researcher through the actual process of doing a research project from start to finish - Offers a comprehensive outline of general areas and issues such as preparation and planning, developing research questions, interviewing and sampling - Reflects upon research as a social and human process - Provides systematic guidelines and advice above and beyond technical essentials. This book will be invaluable to both students and researchers interested in social interaction - informing, guiding and inspiring them towards excellent small-scale research.

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Understanding Social Theory

By: Derek Layder

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Provides an introduction to the core issues in social theory. This book will be useful reading for students in sociology, social psychology, social theory, political theory and organization studies.

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Sociological Practice

Linking Theory and Social Research

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Emotion in Social Life

The Lost Heart of Society

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Investigative Research

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Modern Social Theory

Key Debates And New Directions

By: Dr Derek Layder,Derek Layder

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Modern Social Theory

Key Debates And New Directions

By: Dr Derek Layder,Derek Layder

This book is intended for undergraduate courses in social theory for second and third year sociology students, as well as postgraduate and academic researchers. Secondary markets include social psychology, social geography, social anthopology, cultural studies.

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Social and Personal Identity

Understanding Yourself

By: Derek Layder

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Analyses where a person's views, attitudes, values come from and why they change?

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Key Debates And New Directions

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New Strategies in Social Research

An Introduction and Guide

By: Derek Layder

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New Strategies in Social Research

An Introduction and Guide

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This book provides a new and innovative introduction to the methodology of social research. The aim of the author is to provide a bridge between recent theoretical debates in the social sciences and methodological issues. It is not just a 'how to' book for social researchers, or simply a description of research techniques. Rather, the work seeks to develop new strategies of research by marrying new perspectives in social analysis to problems of concrete research. The result is a text which is accessible yet sophisticated. Apart from developing an original argument about research, the book is also designed as a resource text for students and more experienced researchers interested in developing theory from their own field research. It contains overviews of grounded theory and middle-range theory; a research resource map; strategies for developing theory; and guidelines and checklists for field research at the end of chapters.

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Structure, Interaction and Social Theory (RLE Social Theory)

By: Derek Layder

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Structure, Interaction and Social Theory (RLE Social Theory)

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A central problem in contemporary social theory is that of providing an account of social interaction that does justice both to the self-monitoring capacities of the individuals involved and to the society that ‘frames’ the interaction. This book attempts to resolve this problem, arguing for an objectivist or ‘structuralist’ account which does not undervalue the importance of the indexical and negotiated aspects of interaction, and which takes seriously the Marxist-rationalist critique of empiricism and humanism and the associated idea that society should be treated as a supra-individual, preconstituted and constraining object of scientific analysis. First, Dr Layder pinpoints certain of the strengths and weaknesses of various schools of thought: social psychology (scrutinized in both its sociological and psychological forms), sociology, the Marxist-rationalist approach. Whilst rejecting the mechanistic or naively deterministic theories which are often associated with an objectivist stance, he argues that the productive activities of situated actors must be understood as existing in an articulated relationship with, and within, sets of preconstituted contextual constraints. This thesis is illustrated conceptually by the development of a framework which distinguishes two types and levels of social structure, with different modes of production and reproduction, and empirically by an analysis of aspects of interaction in the occupation of acting.

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Sociological Practice

Sociological Practice

Understanding Social Theory

Understanding Social Theory

Social and Personal Identity

Social and Personal Identity

Investigative Research

Investigative Research

Emotion in Social Life

Emotion in Social Life

Doing Excellent Small-Scale Research

Doing Excellent Small-Scale Research

Understanding Social Theory

Understanding Social Theory

Sociological Practice

Sociological Practice

Emotion in Social Life

Emotion in Social Life

Doing Excellent Small-Scale Research

Doing Excellent Small-Scale Research

Investigative Research

Investigative Research

Modern Social Theory

Modern Social Theory

Social and Personal Identity

Social and Personal Identity

Modern Social Theory

Modern Social Theory

New Strategies in Social Research

New Strategies in Social Research

Structure, Interaction and Social Theory (RLE Social Theory)

Structure, Interaction and Social Theory (RLE Social Theory)

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