Non-Fiction Books:

Transforming Research Methods in the Social Sciences

Case Studies from South Africa
Click to share your rating 0 ratings (0.0/5.0 average) Thanks for your vote!
$109.99
Available from supplier

The item is brand new and in-stock with one of our preferred suppliers. The item will ship from a Mighty Ape warehouse within the timeframe shown.

Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

4 payments of $27.50 with Afterpay Learn more

Availability

Delivering to:

Estimated arrival:

  • Around 12-24 June using International Courier

Description

Social science researchers in the global South, and in South Africa particularly, utilise research methods in innovative ways in order to respond to contexts characterised by diversity, racial and political tensions, socioeconomic disparities and gender inequalities. These methods often remain undocumented – a gap that this book starts to address. Written by experts from various methodological fields, Transforming Research Methods in the Social Sciences is a comprehensive collation of original essays and cutting-edge research that demonstrates the variety of novel techniques and research methods available to researchers responding to these context-bound issues. It is particularly relevant for study and research in the fields of applied psychology, sociology, ethnography, biography and anthropology. In addition to their unique combination of conceptual and application issues, the chapters also include discussions on ethical considerations relevant to the method in similar global South contexts. Transforming Research Methods in the Social Sciences has much to offer to researchers, professionals and others involved in social science research both locally and internationally.

Author Biography:

Sumaya Laher is an associate professor in Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand. Angelo Fynn is a senior Psychology lecturer at the University of South Africa. Sherianne Kramer is a Social Science lecturer at the Amsterdam University College. Elizabeth Archer is the director of institutional research at the University of the Western Cape. Brendon Barnes is the head of Department of Psychology at the University of Johannesburg. Floretta Boonzaier is Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of Cape Town. Brett Bowman is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand. Kate Cockcroft is a professor of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand David Edwards is Professor in the Department of Psychology at Rhodes University (part time since retiring in 2010). Gillian Finchilescu is a professor and chair in the Psychology Department at the University of the Witwatersrand. Paul J.P. Fouché is an associate professor of Counselling Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Free State in South-Africa. Thomas Geffen is a PhD candidate in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand. Paul Goldschagg is a Geography and Environmental Studies Education lecturer in the Wits School of Education at the University of the Witwatersrand. Saraswathie Govender is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Limpopo in South Africa. Lynlee Howard-Payne is a health sciences instructor at Macquarie University and Western Sydney University (The College) in Australia and a research fellow at the University of the Witwatersrand. Debra Kaminer is an associate professor and Head of Department in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cape Town. Shose Kessi is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cape Town. Peace Kiguwa is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand. Despina Learmonth is affiliated with the University of Cape Town. She serves as a Board Member for Embrace Dignity and runs her own private practice. Malose Makhubela is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Johannesburg. Jacobus Gideon Maree is a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Pretoria. Solomon Mashegoane is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Limpopo in South Africa. Saloshni Muthal is a PhD candidate in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand. Kathryn Anne Nel is a professor and counselling psychologist who works in academe. Michael Pitman is a senior lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand Tracey Prenter is a clinical psychologist currently employed as an addictions therapist at the South African National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (SANCA). Kopano Ratele is a professor in the Institute for Social and Health Sciences at the University of South Africa (Unisa) and a researcher in the South African Medical Research Council–Unisa Violence, Injury and Peace Research Unit. Diana Sanchez-Betancourt is a senior researcher with the Democracy and Governance research programme at the Human and Social Sciences Research Council (HSRC) in South Africa. Jeanette Schmid is a social work practitioner, researcher and educator who has practised in South Africa, Canada, the United States and Switzerland. Joseph Seabi is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand. Mohamed Seedat is a professor in the College for Graduate Studies and director of the Institute for Social and Health Sciences at the University of South Africa. Ann B. Shuttleworth-Edwards is a professor on a research contract in the Department of Psychology at Rhodes University in South Africa. Goodman Sibeko is a board eligible psychiatrist and a PhD student in the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town. Ian Siemers is a lecturer in Organisational Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand. Dan J. Stein is a professor and head of the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town, and director of the South African Medical Research Council Unit on Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders. Lu-Anne Swart is a senior researcher at the University of South Africa (Unisa) Institute for Social and Health Sciences and the South African Medical Research Council–Unisa Violence, Injury and Peace Research Unit. Roelf van Niekerk is a professor and the Head of the Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in South Africa. Elmé Vivier is a PhD candidate at the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership at the University of Pretoria. Kevin A. Whitehead is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Release date Australia
March 1st, 2019
Contributors
  • Edited by Angelo Fynn
  • Edited by Sherianne Kramer
  • Edited by Sumaya Laher
Pages
456
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Illustrations
83 Illustrations, black and white
ISBN-13
9781776142750
Product ID
29783016

Customer reviews

Nobody has reviewed this product yet. You could be the first!

Write a Review

Marketplace listings

There are no Marketplace listings available for this product currently.
Already own it? Create a free listing and pay just 9% commission when it sells!

Sell Yours Here

Help & options

Filed under...