The Fieldworker and the Field: Problems and Challenges in Sociological Investigation - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195658884 ISBN 13: 9780195658880

Publisher: OUP India, 2002

Synopsis

This is a paperback of a 1979 hardback which broke new ground in social investigation. There have, since, been other books on the experience of fieldwork, but this remains a much cited work. The eighteen essays in the volume describe the experiences of field research mainly in rural and urban India, and in complex organisations such as a hospital, a factory and a trade union. There are also accounts of work in Japan, Sri Lanka and New Mexico. This is an informative and helpful guide to those about to embark on their own field research.

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Synopsis

A paperback edition of the 1979 text which broke new ground in social investigation. There have, since, been other books on the experience of fieldwork, but this remains a much cited work. The 18 essays in the volume describe the experiences of field research mainly in rural and urban India, and in complex organisations such as a hospital, a factory and a trade union. There are also accounts of work in Japan, Sri Lanka and New Mexico. The book should prove an informative and helpful guide to those about to embark on their own field research.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP India
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195658884
• ISBN 13: 9780195658880
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 306
• Editor: Srinivas M.N., Shah A.M., Ramaswamy E.A.