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Introduction: Rethinking Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
Shinobu Majima,Niamh Moore +1 more
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The authors of as discussed by the authors presented at the conference "Narrative, numbers and social change" at the University of Manchester, UK in November 2007, which was organized through the Economic and Social Research Council funded Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC).Abstract:
This article introduces the symposium issue on `Narrative, Numbers and Socio-Cultural Change'.The articles were all papers presented initially at the conference `Narrative, Numbers and Social Change' at the University of Manchester, UK in November 2007.The conference was organized through the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC). Methodological issues have been central to CRESC since its inception, and the Centre has an ongoing commitment to nurturing methodological expertise and innovation in the study of socio-cultural change. This particular event marked an interest in rethinking the boundaries of qualitative and quantitative research and in developing methods adequate to the challenges posed by socio-cultural complexity, in ways which involve reworking some of the conventional understandings of the relationships between the empirical, the theoretical and methodology. The introduction reviews the articles and reflects on their significa...read more
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