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William Foote Whyte looks back on a pioneering career which has revolutionized the way social structures and the individuals within them are viewed. The book also provides a guide to the practical and conceptual complexities of fieldwork.

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It is an impressive narration of one person's life work, a narrative that is driven by a particular vision of the good sociologist and also the good society. -- Mary Jo Neitz * Journal Of Contemporary Ethnography *

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chapter 1 About the Author chapter 2 Preface chapter 3 Gaining Access to the Field chapter 4 Systematizing Participant Observation chapter 5 Interviewing in the Field chapter 6 Facts, Interpretations, and Ethics in Qualitative Inquiry chapter 7 Transactional Relationships chapter 8 Money and Motivation chapter 9 Socio-Technical Systems chapter 10 Studying Cultures and Intercultural Relations chapter 11 On Combining Research Methods chapter 12 On History: How the Past Shapes Present and Future chapter 13 Learning from Mondragon chapter 14 Sociology as Social Science chapter 15 Methods for Doing Applied chapter 16 Combining Consulting and Applied Social Research chapter 17 A Vision for Sociology and Society chapter 18 References chapter 19 Index

Creative Problem Solving in the Field Reflections

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      Publisher AltaMira Press,U.S.
      Published 4 August 1997
      ISBN-13 9780761989219
      978-0761989219
      ISBN-10 761989218
      Also in:
      Anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      William Foote Whyte looks back on a pioneering career which has revolutionized the way social structures and the individuals within them are viewed. The book also provides a guide to the practical and conceptual complexities of fieldwork.

      Trade Review
      It is an impressive narration of one person's life work, a narrative that is driven by a particular vision of the good sociologist and also the good society. -- Mary Jo Neitz * Journal Of Contemporary Ethnography *

      Table of Contents
      chapter 1 About the Author chapter 2 Preface chapter 3 Gaining Access to the Field chapter 4 Systematizing Participant Observation chapter 5 Interviewing in the Field chapter 6 Facts, Interpretations, and Ethics in Qualitative Inquiry chapter 7 Transactional Relationships chapter 8 Money and Motivation chapter 9 Socio-Technical Systems chapter 10 Studying Cultures and Intercultural Relations chapter 11 On Combining Research Methods chapter 12 On History: How the Past Shapes Present and Future chapter 13 Learning from Mondragon chapter 14 Sociology as Social Science chapter 15 Methods for Doing Applied chapter 16 Combining Consulting and Applied Social Research chapter 17 A Vision for Sociology and Society chapter 18 References chapter 19 Index

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