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Researching the Lifecourse: Critical Reflections from the Social Sciences
Nancy Worth
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Description for Researching the Lifecourse: Critical Reflections from the Social Sciences
Hardback. Researching the Lifecourse features methods linking time, space and mobilities and provides practitioners with practical detail in each chapter. It covers the full lifecourse and includes innovative methods and case study examples from different European and North American contexts. Editor(s): Hardill, Irene; Worth, Nancy. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
The lifecourse perspective continues to be an important subject in the social sciences. Researching the Lifecourse offers a distinctive approach in that it truly covers the lifecourse (childhood, adulthood and older age), focusing on innovative methods and case study examples from a variety of European and North American contexts. This original approach connects theory and practice from across the social sciences by situating methodology and research design within relevant conceptual frameworks. This diverse collection features methods that are linked to questions of time, space and mobilities while providing practitioners with practical detail in each chapter.
The lifecourse perspective continues to be an important subject in the social sciences. Researching the Lifecourse offers a distinctive approach in that it truly covers the lifecourse (childhood, adulthood and older age), focusing on innovative methods and case study examples from a variety of European and North American contexts. This original approach connects theory and practice from across the social sciences by situating methodology and research design within relevant conceptual frameworks. This diverse collection features methods that are linked to questions of time, space and mobilities while providing practitioners with practical detail in each chapter.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447317524
SKU
V9781447317524
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99-50
About Nancy Worth
Nancy Worth is a Banting Fellow in the School of Geography and Earth Sciences at McMaster University, Canada. Co-editor of Intergenerational Space (Routledge, 2014), her work focuses on the geographies of youth and young adulthood. Irene Hardill is Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Centre for Civil Society and Citizenship, Northumbria University, ... Read more
Reviews for Researching the Lifecourse: Critical Reflections from the Social Sciences
"This edited volume clearly contributes to the debate on the role of time, space and mobility at different stages of the life course and promises to be of great interest for social science researchers across the various disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, geography and demography." Journal of Population Ageing "A highly provocative and engaging work, raising questions about the epistemology ... Read more