Beschreibung:
Carol Grbich is in the Faculty of Health Sciences, The Flinders University of South Australia.
This groundbreaking book explores the implications of postmodernist ideas within the research context. The text relates debates in postmodernism directly to current thinking and practice in both qualitative and quantitative research. The engaging book is split into two parts:
PART ONE: PHILOSOPHICAL CHANGESModernity to ModernismPostmodernity and PostmodernismStructuralism and PoststructuralismPART TWO: THE IMPACT OF POSTMODERNISM, POSTSTRUCTURALISM, COMPLEXITY AND CHAOS ON SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHResearch DesignThe Position of the ResearcherThe Researcher, the Research Participants and the ReaderData Presentation and Re-presentationA Postmodern Piece of ResearchContinuums and Continuities