Series editor's foreword |
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Acknowledgements |
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Introduction |
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The centrality of method in the social sciences |
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2 | (1) |
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Debate about methods in the social sciences |
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4 | (2) |
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Purpose and outline of this book |
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6 | (3) |
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Suggested further reading |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (17) |
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10 | (1) |
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The history of ethnography |
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11 | (2) |
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Ethnography, sociology and common sense |
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13 | (4) |
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`Big' and `little' ethnography |
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17 | (2) |
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19 | (6) |
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25 | (1) |
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Suggested further reading |
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26 | (1) |
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Ethnography as method and methodology |
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27 | (29) |
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27 | (1) |
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The philosophy of social research |
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28 | (1) |
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The natural science model of social research |
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29 | (2) |
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The humanistic model of social research |
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31 | (6) |
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The methodological bases of ethnography |
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37 | (1) |
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The double crisis of ethnography |
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38 | (10) |
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Post-postmodern ethnography |
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48 | (6) |
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54 | (1) |
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Suggested further reading |
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55 | (1) |
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The research process in ethnography |
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56 | (48) |
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56 | (1) |
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Research design in ethnography |
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57 | (1) |
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Data collection techniques |
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58 | (18) |
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Case studies and generalizations |
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76 | (6) |
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Other issues of good practice |
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82 | (20) |
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102 | (1) |
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Suggested further reading |
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103 | (1) |
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The analysis, interpretation and presentation of ethnographic data |
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104 | (39) |
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104 | (2) |
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106 | (16) |
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122 | (4) |
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126 | (7) |
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The presentation of ethnographic data |
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133 | (8) |
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141 | (1) |
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Suggested further reading |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (29) |
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143 | (1) |
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143 | (5) |
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Theory-building in ethnography |
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148 | (7) |
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Applied ethnographic research |
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155 | (13) |
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168 | (3) |
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Suggested further reading |
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171 | (1) |
Conclusion: whither ethnography? |
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172 | (16) |
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172 | (2) |
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Globalization and ethnography |
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174 | (2) |
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Tradition, identity and Ulster Loyalism |
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176 | (3) |
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179 | (2) |
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Local crime management in Belfast |
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181 | (5) |
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186 | (1) |
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Suggested further reading |
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187 | (1) |
Glossary |
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188 | (6) |
Bibliography |
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194 | (13) |
Index |
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