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Mindful Inquiry in Social Research
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June 1998 | 232 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
`This volume is an exemplar that will serve as a measure for all texts that train researchers. Its scope and depth provide an emerging researcher with an appropriate orientation and skills to be successful in these times of incredible change' - Human Studies

`Bentz and Shapiro provide a welcome addition to the multitude of introductory texts on qualitative research. In an interesting departure from traditional treatises, which concentrate on a particular mode of research activity thereby making action the object of interest, they shift the focus onto the researcher' - Critical Public Health

This innovative introduction to research in the social sciences guides students and new researchers through the maze of research traditions, cultures of inquiry and epistemological frameworks. It introduces the underlying logic of ten cultures of inquiry: ethnography; quantitative behavioural science; phenomenology; action research; hermeneutics; evaluation research; feminist research; critical social science; historical-comparative research; and theoretical research. It clarifies conceptual and intellectual traditions in research, and puts the researcher firmly in the investigative saddle - able to choose, justify, and explain the intellectual framework and personal rationale of his or her research.

 
Research
The New Context and a New Approach

 
 
From Positivism to Postmodernity
The Mindful Inquirer as a Philosopher

 
 
Mindful Inquiry as the Basis for Scholarly Practice
 
Fundamentals of Mindful Inquiry
 
The Scholarly Practitioner
Facing the Loss of Identity through the Onslaught of the Information Age

 
 
The Cultures of Inquiry and Research Traditions
 
Phenomenological Inquiry
 
Hermeneutic Inquiry and Ethnography
 
Quantitative and Behavioral Science, Action Research and Evaluation Research
 
Comparative-Historical Inquiry and Theoretical Inquiry
 
Critical Social Science and Critical Social Theory
 
Conclusion and Magic Formulae

Valerie Malhotra Bentz

Valerie Malhotra Bentz, Ph.D., MSSW is Professor, School of Leadership Studies, Fielding Graduate University, having served as Associate Dean for Research. Her interests include phenomenology, somatics, social theory, consciousness development, contemplative research and Vedantic knowledge.  She is engaged in collaborative research leading to publications such as: Deathworlds to Lifeworlds: Collaboration with Strangers for Personal, Social and Ecological Transformation, (with James Marlatt); Handbook of Transformative Phenomenology (with James Marlatt) Expressions of Phenomenological Research (with David Rehorick); Contemplative... More About Author

Jeremy J. Shapiro

Jeremy J. Shapiro, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Human and Organization Development at Fielding Graduate University. With a background in sociology, philosophy, information systems, and intellectual history, he has published in the area of critical social theory, with emphasis on the cultural and social impact of information technology and the aesthetics of music. He translated and introduced into the English-speaking world major works by Jürgen Habermas and Herbert Marcuse and has also translated writings of Theodor W. Adorno, Karl Mannheim, and Pierre Bourdieu. As an educator, he has specialized in the teaching of research, critical... More About Author

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