Product Description

This introductory text combines study skills and research methods to provide students with an invaluable guide to the techniques, practical skills and methods of study that will enable them to become effective 'students of society'.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #476595 in Books
• Published on: 2006-12-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 222 pages

From the Back Cover

Studying Society is an introductory undergraduate level textbook which helps students to develop study skills as well as an understanding of the principles of social research and how these principles link to social theory.

Studying Society guides students in learning how to:

• formulate questions

• look for answers

• understand the methods by which information is collected

• critically evaluate information sources

• communicate the results of their work to others

Studying Society encourages students to recognise that the study of society involves a systematic and considered approach to the collection and generation of knowledge, that a wide variety of sources can be utilised in this process and that each source has a unique part to play. In developing these skills, Studying Society explores the use of both traditional media, and new information and communication technologies.

Throughout the book and accompanying websites, there is an emphasis on applying the problems and solutions presented to ‘real world’ issues. This involves the use of examples and exercises which are immediately relevant to the undergraduate experience, to everyday life and to the contemporary concepts which are studied by the social scientist.

This coherent and up-to-date text will be an invaluable learning tool for students of any discipline which involves the study of human beings and their societies.

About the Author

Karen Evans is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Liverpool. She has taught research methods to undergraduate and postgraduate students for the past ten years and was previously a researcher in local government and academia.

Dave King is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Liverpool. He teaches in the areas of qualitative research methods, the sociology of deviance and gender and sexuality.