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Membership Roles in Field Research

Adler, Patricia, Adler, Peter·1987·Sage eBooks
DOI 10.4135/9781412984973
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PART ONE: THE HISTORY AND EPISTEMOLOGY OF FIELDWORK ROLES The Chicago School More Radical Views on Membership The California Sociologies of Everyday Life Existential Sociology The Investigative Paradigm Ethnomethodology Becoming the Phenomenon Synthesis The Critique of Traditional Field Research Membership Roles in Field Research PART TWO: PERIPHERAL MEMBERSHIP The Process of Membership Becoming a Peripheral-Member-Researcher The Membership Experience Disengagement Reflections PART THREE: ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP The Process of Membership Becoming an Active-Member-Researcher The Membership Experience Disengagement Reflections PART FOUR: COMPLETE MEMBERSHIP The Process of Membership Becoming a Complete-Member-Researcher The Membership Experience Disengagement Reflections

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Authors
Adler, P., & Adler, P.
Venue
Sage eBooks
Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc.
Published
1987
DOI
10.4135/9781412984973
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book
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