Social support and motherhood (reissue): The natural history of a research project - Hardcover

Ann Oakley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1447349458 ISBN 13: 9781447349457

Publisher: Policy Press, 2018

Synopsis

Drawing on her long experience as an academic researcher and writer, Ann Oakley develops a sociology of the research process itself, telling the story of how a research project is undertaken and what happens during it, to both researchers and those who are researched. This remarkable book focuses on a topic of great importance in the provision of health services caring and social support. Setting neglect of this topic in the wider context of an ongoing crisis in gendering knowledge, Social support and motherhood is now reissued for a contemporary audience. It has much resonance for social science researchers and others interested in the experiences of mothers, and in the relations between social research, academic knowledge and public policy.

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About the Author:

Ann Oakley is Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the UCL Institute of Education. A social researcher for more than 50 years, and author of many academic publications, she is also well known for her biography, autobiography and fiction. She founded both the Social Science Research Unit and the EPPI-Centre at the UCL Institute of Education, and has a long-term interest in gender, welfare, and the shaping of public policy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1447349458
• ISBN 13: 9781447349457
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 540