Feminist Methodologies for Critical Researchers: Bridging Differences (Gender Lens)

Synopsis

The Field Of Vision -- Why Feminists? -- Who Am I? -- What Is Methodology? -- What's Keeping Sociology From Its Promise? -- Knowing Choices -- Seeing Through Science: Epistemologies -- Positivism: Do The Facts Speak For Themselves? -- Radical Social Constructionism: Is Knowledge Illusion? -- Critical Realism -- Standpoint Theory -- Critical Realism Or Standpoint Theory? -- Critically Seeking Reality -- Authority And Power -- Power And Authority, Ideology And Knowledge -- The Subjectivist (mis)interpretation Of Standpoint Epistemology -- Social Standpoint Epistemology -- How Feminists Count: Critical Strategies For Quantitative Methods -- Problems With Standard Quantitative Methodology -- How Feminists Use Quantitative Methods -- Qualitative Shifts: Feminist Strategies In Field Research And Interviewing -- Feminist Critiques Of Qualitative Methodology -- Increasing The Researcher/researched Connection -- Compensating For The Researcher's Standpoint -- Constructing Collaborations -- Changing Sociology/changing The World -- Changing Research -- Changing Our Discipline -- Changing Ourselves. Joey Sprague. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.