Using documents in social research
This comprehensive, yet concise, introduction to the use of documents as tools within social science research argues that documents stand in a dual-relation to human activity. Therefore by transmitting ideas and influencing the course and nature of human activity they are integral to the research process.
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- Full title :Using documents in social research / Lindsay Prior.
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This comprehensive, yet concise, introduction to the use of documents as tools within social science research argues that documents stand in a dual-relation to human activity. Therefore by transmitting ideas and influencing the course and nature of human activity they are integral to the research process.
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- Publication Date:2003.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):SAGE Publications
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2003.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 ressource en ligne (xi, 195 pages, [2] pages de planches) : : illustrations (en partie en couleur).
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- ISBN:9780857020222, 0857020226, 9781847876676, 1847876676
- oclc:on1004032019
- LC Classification:HM571
- Dewey Decimal:300.72
Table of Contents
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; 1 -- Basic Themes: Use, Production and Content; 2 -- Producing Facts; 3 -- Documents in Action I. Documents in Organizational Settings; 4 -- Documents in Action II. Making things visible; 5 -- Texts, Authors, Identities; 6 -- Content, Meaning and Reference; 7 -- Doing Things with Words; 8 -- Documents as Evidence. Researching the Inert Text; 9 -- Production, Consumption and Exchange; Bibliography; Index.
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