TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brewer, John D.
TI  - Ethnography 
SN  - 8131603806
U1  - 305.8 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Jaipur,New Delhi etc
PB  - Rawat Pubs.
N1  - CONTENTS Series editor's foreword  vii Acknowledgements  ix Introduction  1 The centrality of method in the social sciences 1 What is 'method'?  2 What is 'methodology'?  2 Debate about methods in the social sciences  4 Purpose and outline of this book  6 Suggested further reading  9 1  What is ethnography?  10 Introduction  10 The history of ethnography  11 Ethnography, sociology and common sense  13 'Big'and'little'ethnography  17 Critiques of ethnography  19 Conclusion  25 Suggested further reading  26 2  Ethnography as method and methodology  27 Introduction  27 The philosophv of social research  28 The natural science model of social research 29 The humanistic model of social research . 31 The methodological bases of ethnography 37 The double crisis of ethnography  38 Post-postmodern ethnography  48 Conclusion  54 Suggested further reading  55 3  The research process in ethnography  56 Introduction  ,  56 Research design in ethnography  57 Data collection techniques  58 Case studies and generalizations  76 Other issues of good practice  82 Conclusion  102 Suggested further reading  103 4  The analysis, interpretation and presentation of ethnographic data 104 Introduction  104 Analysis  106 Interpretation  122 Reflexivity  126 The presentation of ethnographic data  133 Conclusion  141 Suggested further reading  142 5Uses of ethnography  143 Introduction  143 Knowledge generation  143 Theory-building in ethnography  148 Applied ethnographic research  155 Conclusion  168 Suggested further reading  171 Conclusion: whither ethnography?  172 Introduction  172 Globalization and ethnography  174 Tradition, identity and Ulster Loyalism  176 The global-local nexus  179 Local crime management in Belfast  181 Conclusion  186 Suggested further reading  187 Glossary  188 Bibliography  194 Index  207
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