Taking Sides in Social Research: Essays on Partisanship and Bias

by Martyn Hammersley

Book Overview

In the past it was generally taken for granted that the goal of social research was the production of objective knowledge; and that this required a commitment to value neutrality. In more recent times, however, both these ideals have come to be challenged, and it is often argued that all research is inevitably political in its assumptions and effects.
In this major contribution to the debate, Martyn Hammersley assesses the arguments from the classic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415202876
• ISBN13: 9780415202879
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"