Doing Research on Sensitive Topics

by Raymond M. Lee

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803988613
• ISBN13: 9780803988613
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"