1st Edition
Routledge Revivals: The Dilemma of Qualitative Method (1989) Herbert Blumer and the Chicago Tradition
By Martyn Hammersley
Copyright 1989
284 Pages
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Routledge
284 Pages
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Routledge
238 Pages
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Originally published in 1989, The Dilemma of Qualitative Method is a stimulating guide to the discussion of qualitative versus quantitative approaches to social research, originated in nineteenth-century debates about the relationship between the methods of history and natural science. One of the key theorists in this area was Chicago sociologist Herbert Blumer. The book analyses the historical... Read more
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Philosophy and the Human Science in the Nineteenth Century
2. Pragmatism
3. Chicago Sociology
4. Case Study versus Statistics: The Rise of Sociological Positivism
5. Against the Trend: Blumer’s Critique of Quantitative Method
6. Blumer’s Concept of Science
7. Blumer’s Alternative: Naturalistic Research
8. An Assessment of Naturalistic Research
Notes
References
Name Index
Subject Index
Biography
Martyn Hammersley
