Description
Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Social Research Ethics is the first comprehensive volume of its kind to offer a deeper understanding of the history, theory, philosophy, and implementation of applied social research ethics. Editors Donna M. Mertens and Pauline Ginsberg bring together eminent, international scholars across the social and behavioral sciences and education to address the ethical issues that arise in the theory and practice of research within the technologically advancing and culturally complex world in which we live. In addition, this volume examines the ethical dilemmas that arise in the relationship between research practice and social justice issues.
Key Features
- Situates the ethical concerns in the practice of social science research in historical and epistemological contexts
- Explores the philosophical roots of ethics from the perspectives of Kant, J.S. Mill, Hegel, and others
- Provides an overview and compariso
Table of Contents
SECTION ONE: HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY 1. Social Science Research Ethics: Historical and Philosophical Issues - Karen S. Kitchener and Richard F. Kitchener 2. Research Ethics in the Postmodern Context - Joshua W. Clegg and Brent Slife 3. Feminist Perspectives on Research Ethics - Mary M. Brabeck and Kalina M. Brabeck 4. Critical Race Theory: Ethics and Dimensions of Diversity in Research - Veronica G. Thomas 5. Philosophy, Ethics, and the Disability Community - Martin Sullivan 6. Transformative Research and Ethics - Donna M. Mertens, Raychelle Harris and Heidi Holmes SECTION TWO: PERSPECTIVES ON ETHICAL REGULATION 7. Governmental Regulation in Social Science - Linda Mabry 8. The Role of Institutional Review Boards: Ethics: Now You See Them, Now You Don′t - Richard Speiglman and Patricia Spear 9. Researching Ourselves Back to Life: Taking Control of the Research Agenda in Indian Country - Joan LaFrance and Cheryl Crazy Bull 10. Ethical Practices in Qualitative Research - Yvonna Lincoln 11. Ethical Perspectives in Program Evaluation - Amanda Wolf, David Turner, and Kathleen Toms SECTION THREE: ETHICS AND RESEARCH METHODS 12. On Ethics in Social Science Research - Richard Schwartz 13. Experiments, Quasi-Experiments, and Ethics - Mel Mark and Chris Gamble 14. The Ethics of Data Archiving: Issues From Four Perspectives - David Johnson and Merry Bullock 15. Ethnography: Constitutive Practice and Research Ethics - Anne Ryen 16. Covenantal Ethics and Action Research: Exploring a Common Foundation for Social Research - Mary Brydon Miller 17. Research Ethics and Peacemaking - Colin Irwin SECTION FOUR: ETHICAL ISSUES IN RESEARCH PRACTICE 18. Cultivating Self as Responsive Instrument: Working the Boundaries and Borderlands for Ethical Border Crossings - Hazel Symonette 19. The Ethics of the Researcher-Subject Relationship: Experiences From the Field - Peggy Gabo Ntseane 20. Maintaining Indigenous Voices - Fiona Cram 21. Ethical Issues in Cross-Cultural Psychology - David Matsumoto and Carolyn Jones 22. Partnership Ethics - Linda Silka 23. Visual Representation of People and Information: Translating Lives Into Numbers, Words, and Images as Research Data - Julianne H. Newton 24. Use and Misuse of Quantitative Methods: Data Collection, Calculation, and Presentation - Bruce Brown and Dawson Hedges SECTION FIVE: ETHICS WITHIN DIVERSE CULTURAL GROUPS 25. Conducting Ethical Research and Evaluation in Underserved Communities - Katrina Bledsoe and Rodney Hopson 26. Indigenous African-Centered Ethics: Contesting and Complementing Dominant Models - Bagele Chilisa 27. Research Ethics and Sensitive Behaviors: Underground Economy - Divya Sharma 28. Epistemological Domination: Social Science Research Ethics in Aotearoa - Helen Moewaka Barnes, Tim McCreanor, Shane Edwards, and Belinda Borell 29. An Ethical Agenda in Disability Research: Rhetoric or Reality? - Colin Barnes 30. LGBTQ: Protecting Vulnerable Subjects in All Studies - Sarah Dodd 31. Involving Minors in Research: Ethics and Law Within Multicultural Settings - Luis Vargas and Margaret E. Montoya 32. Ethical Research With Older Adults - Karen Szala-Meneok SECTION SIX: FUTURE DIRECTIONS 33. Research Ethics in Transnational Spaces - Robert Stake and Fazal Rizvi 34. Privacy and New Technologies: The Limits of Traditional Research Ethics - Nicholas C. Burbules 35. Graduate Training in Responsible Conduct of Social Science Research: The Role of Mentors and Departmental Climate - Celia B. Fisher, Frederick J. Wertz, and Sabrina J. Goodman 36. Social Research Attuned to Deliberative Democracy - Kenneth Howe and Heather MacGillivary 37. Frontiers in Social Research Ethics: Fertile Ground for Evolution - Pauline E. Ginsberg and Donna M. Mertens An Ethical Agenda in Disability Research - Julianne Newton Conducting Ethical Research and Evaluation in Underserved Communities - Julianne Newton Covenantal Ethics and Action Research - Julianne Newton Critical Race Theory: Ethics and Dimensions of Diversity in Research - Julianne Newton Cultivating Self as Responsive Instrument: Working the Boundaries and Borderlands for Ethical Border-Crossings - Julianne Newton Epistemological Domination - Julianne Newton Ethical Issues in Cross-Cultural Psychology - Julianne Newton Ethical Perspectives in Program Evaluation - Julianne Newton Ethical Practices in Qualitative Research - Julianne Newton Ethical Research with Older Adults - Julianne Newton Ethnography: Constitutive Practice and Research Ethics - Julianne Newton Experiments, Quasi-experiments, and Ethics - Julianne Newton Feminist Perspectives on Research Ethics - Julianne Newton Frontiers in Social Research Ethics: Fertile Ground for Evolution - Julianne Newton Governmental Regulation in Social Science - Julianne Newton Graduate Training in Responsible Conduct of Social Science Research - Julianne Newton Indigenous African-Centered Ethics: Contestin and Complementing Dominant Models - Julianne Newton Involving Youth in Research within complex cultural settings - Julianne Newton LGBTQ: Protecting vulnerable subjects in all studies - Sarah-Jane Dodd Maintaining Indigenous Voices - Fiona Cram Partnership Ethics - Linda Silka Philosophy, Ethics and the Disability Community - Martin Sullivan Privacy and New Technologies - Nicholas Burbules Research Ethics and Peace Making - Colin Irwin Research Ethics and Sensitive Behaviors - Divya Sharma Research Ethics in the Postmodern Context - Joshua Clegg, Brent Slife Research Ethics in Transnational Spaces - Robert Stake, Fazal Rizvi Researching Ourselves Back to Life: Taking Control of the Research Agenda in Indian Country - Joan LaFrance, Cheryl Crazy Bull Social Research Attuned to Deliverative Democracy - Kenneth Howe, Heather MacGillivary Social Science Research Ethics: Historical and Philosophical Issues - Richard Kitchener The Ethics of Data Archiving: Issues from Four Perspectives - Merry Bullock The Ethics of the Researcher-Subject Relationship: Experiences from the Field - P. Gabo Ntseane The Role of Institutional Review Boards Ethics: Now You See Them, Now You Don′t - Richard Speiglman, Patricia Spear Transformative Research and Ethics - Donna Mertens, Heidi Holmes Use and Misuse of Quantitative Methods: Data Collection, Calculation, and Presentation - Bruce Brown, Dawson Hedges Visual Representation of People and Information: Translating Lives into Numbers, Words, and Images as Research Data - Julianne Newton
