General Information

Author/Creator

Bentz, Valerie Malhotra, 1942-

Language

English.

Published

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, c1998.

Physical Description

xvi, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contributors

Contributor

Shapiro, Jeremy J., 1940-

Subjects

Subject

Social sciences > Methodology.

Social sciences > Philosophy.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Valerie Malhotra Bentz, Jeremy J. Shapiro.

Content

I. Research: the new context and a new approach -- II. From positivism to postmodernity: the mindful inquirer as a philosopher -- III. Mindful inquiry as the basis for scholarly practice -- IV. Fundamentals of mindful inquiry -- V. The scholarly practinioner: facing the loss of identity through the onslaught of the information age -- VI. Cultures of inquiry and research traditions -- VII. Phenomenological inquiry -- VIII. Hermeneutic inquiry and ethnography -- IX. Quantitative and behavioral inquiry, action research, and evaluation research -- X. Comparative-historical inquiry and theoretical inquiry -- XI. Critical social science and critical social theory -- XII. Conclusion and magic formulae.

Library Special Collection

HU OSA 207 - Donation of the Open Society Institute-Budapest

ISBN

0761904085

0761904093

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	Reference collection	300/.7/2 BEN		Reference	-

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