Creative problem solving in the field reflections on a career - Whyte, William Foote 1914-2000 (Walnut Creek AltaMira Press, 1997)
Gaining access to the field -- Systematizing participant observation -- Interviewing in the field -- Facts interpretation, and ethics in qualitative inquiry -- Transactional relationships -- Money and motivation -- Socio-technical systems -- Studying culture and intercultural relations -- On combining research methods -- On history : how the past shapes present and future -- Learning from Mondragón -- Sociology as social science -- Methods for doing applied social research -- Combining consulting and applied social research -- A vision for sociology and society.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-153) and index.
PI-8265 donated by Department of Global Development Cornell University Ithaca.
Keywords: Social sciences -- Fieldwork; Sociology -- Fieldwork; Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology; Sociology -- Research -- Methodology