Cathy Lewin & Bridget Somekh 
Theory and Methods in Social Research [EPUB ebook] 

PART ONE: READING, REVIEWING AND REFLECTING
Introduction
Research in the Social Sciences – Bridget Somekh et al
Working with Literatures – Barbara Kamler and Pat Thomson
Ethical Issues in Generating Public Knowledge – Heather Piper and Helen Simons
PART TWO: LISTENING, EXPLORING THE CASE AND THEORIZING
Introduction
Ethnography – Jo Frankham and Christina Mac Rae
Research Diaries – Mary Louise Holly and Herbert Altrichter
Case Study – Charlotte Chadderton and Harry Torrance
Interviewing and Focus Groups – Rosaline SBarbour and John Schostak
PART THREE: ADDRESSING ISSUES OF POWER AND RESEARCHING FOR IMPACT
Introduction
Feminist Methodologies – Diane Burns and Khatidja Chantler
Critical Race Theory and Its Use in Social Science Research – Laurence Parker and Lorna Roberts
Queer Theory / Lesbian and Gay Approaches – Gloria Filax et al
Action Research – Susan Noffke and Bridget Somekh
The Purpose, Practice and Politics of Sponsored Evaluations – Tineke Abma and Thomas A Schwandt
PART FOUR: OBSERVING, QUERYING, INTERPRETING
Introduction
Grounded Theory – Juliet Corbin and Nicholas L Holt
Understanding Phenomenology through Reverse Perspectives – Angie Titchen and Dawn Hobson
Observation – Liz Jones and Bridget Somekh
Discourse Analysis – Alison Lee and Alan Petersen
Researching Online Practices – Colin Lankshear, Kevin M Leander and Michele Knobel
PART FIVE: IDENTITY, COMMUNITY AND REPRESENTATION
Introduction
Life History and Narrative Methods – Scherto Gill and Ivor Goodson
Social Semiotics and Multimodal Texts – Diane Mavers and Gunther Kress
Communities of Practice – David Benzie and Bridget Somekh
Activity Theory – Ines Langemeyer and Morten Nissen
Researching Policy – Jill Blackmore and Hugh Lauder
PART SIX: QUANTITATIVE METHODS: THEORIES AND PERSPECTIVES
Introduction
The Practices of Quantitative Methods – Kelvyn Jones
The Positivist Paradigm in Contemporary Social Research: The Interface of Psychology, Method and Sociocultural Theory – Charles Crook and Dean Garratt
Understanding and Describing Quantitative Data – Cathy Lewin
Differences and Relationships in Quantitative Data – Sally Barnes and Cathy Lewin
An Introduction to Statistical Modelling – Kelvyn Jones
PART SEVEN: QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN ACTION
Introduction
Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Social Inquiry – Jennifer C Greene, Holly Kreider and Ellen Mayer
Random Reflections on Modelling, Geography and Voting – Kelvyn Jones
Methodological Issues in International Comparative Assessments of Educational Progress – W J Pelgrum
Evaluating Literacy Advance in the Early Years of School – John Ainley
Working Backwards: The Road Less Travelled in Quantitative Methodology – Brian Doig
PART EIGHT: RESEARCHING IN POSTMODERN CONTEXTS
Introduction
Deconstruction – Erica Burman and Maggie Maclure
From Hermeneutics to Post-Structuralism to Psychoanalysis – Tony Brown and Daniel Heggs
From Structuralism to Post-Structuralism – Lee Miller, Joanne ′Bob′ Whalley and Ian Stronach
Feminism/Post-Structuralism – Bronwen Davies and Suzanne Gannon

Bridget Somekh is based at Manchester Metropolitan University as well as University of Canterbury.