Researching the Lifecourse: Critical Reflections from the Social Sciences - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1447317521 ISBN 13: 9781447317524

Publisher: Policy Press, 2015

Synopsis

The lifecourse perspective continues to be an important subject in the social sciences. Researching the Lifecourse offers a distinctive approach in that it truly covers the lifecourse (childhood, adulthood and older age), focusing on innovative methods and case study examples from a variety of European and North American contexts. This original approach connects theory and practice from across the social sciences by situating methodology and research design within relevant conceptual frameworks. This diverse collection features methods that are linked to questions of time, space and mobilities while providing practitioners with practical detail in each chapter.

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About the Author

Nancy Worth is a Banting Fellow in the School of Geography and Earth Sciences at McMaster University, Canada. Co-editor of Intergenerational Space (Routledge, 2014), her work focuses on the geographies of youth and young adulthood. Irene Hardill is Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Centre for Civil Society and Citizenship, Northumbria University, UK. Co-author of Enterprising Care (Policy Press, 2011), her work focuses on theorising work (paid and unpaid).

Edition details

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447317521
• ISBN 13: 9781447317524
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Worth Nancy, Hardill Irene