1st Edition
The Social Contexts of Method
Introduction 1. On Negative Rationalism in Scholarly Studies of Verbal Communication and Dynamic Residuals in the Construction of Human Inter-subjectivity Ragnar Rommeveit 2. Towards a Social Psychology of Everyday Life: A Standpoint ‘in Action’ John Shotter 3. Accounts, Actions and Meanings – the Practice of Participatory Psychology Rom Harré 4. Method and Sociological Discourse Stewart Clegg 5. Role-Playing and Role Performance in Social Psychological Research Gerald P. Ginsberg 6. Interviewing: The Social Phenomenology of a Research Instrument Michael Brenner 7. Meaning – Who Needs It? Herbert Menzel 8. The Structuralist Analysis of Communication: An Example of Problem-Centred Methodology David D. Clarke 9. Qualitative Knowing in Action Research Donald T. Campbell 10. Hierarchies of Interaction in Sociological Research Derek L. Phillips 11. Discussion Chapter: An Appraisal of the New Approach to the Study of Social Behaviour Michael Argyle. Index.
Biography
Michael Brenner
Peter Marsh As a mature student, Peter studied Psychology at Oxford University and went on to gain DPhil. He taught at Oxford Polytechnic (later Oxford Brookes University) before settling up his own research group, the Social Issues Research Centre, a non profit think tank working on social and lifestyle issues. He was best known for work on football hooligans and the connections between drinking and disorder. He wrote and contributed to a number of other publications including Aggro:The Illusion of Violence, The Rules of Disorder with Elizabeth Rosser and Rom Harre and Driving Passion: The Psychology of the Car with Peter Collett.
Marylin Brenner
