Mindful Inquiry in Social Research

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Mindful Inquiry in Social Research is written by Valerie Malhotra Bentz and published by SAGE Publications. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1452251150 (ISBN 10) and 9781452251158 (ISBN 13).

This innovative introduction to research in the social sciences guides students and new researchers through the maze of research traditions, cultures of inquiry and epistemological frameworks. It introduces the underlying logic of ten cultures of inquiry: ethnography; quantitative behavioral science; phenomenology; action research; hermeneutics; evaluation research; feminist research; critical social science; historical-comparative research; and theoretical research. It clarifies conceptual and intellectual traditions in research, and puts researchers firmly in the investigative saddle - able to choose, justify, and explain the intellectual framework and personal rationale of their research.