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The Production of Knowledge: The Challenge of Social Science Research William H. Starbuck

Published in print: 2006 Published Online: Publisher: Oxford University Press October 2011 DOI: 10.1093/ ISBN: 9780199288533 eISBN: 9780191700521 acprof:oso/9780199288533.001.0001 Item type: book

This book reflects on a number of challenges associated with management and social science research — the search for a ‘behavioral science’, the limits of rationality, the unreliability of many research findings, the social shaping of research agendas, cultures, and judgements. The book is chronologically structured and includes discussions of research projects and various methodological debates. This is a feisty argument based on all aspects of research — carrying out research programmes, evaluating research, tirelessly questioning the assumptions and claims of social science research, and never avoiding the awkward theoretical or practical challenges that face organizational researchers.

Research Integrity and Responsible Conduct of Research Ann Nichols-Casebolt

Published in print: 2012 Published Online: May Publisher: Oxford University Press 2012 DOI: 10.1093/ ISBN: 9780195378108 eISBN: 9780199932634 acprof:oso/9780195378108.001.0001 Item type: book

Research Integrity and Responsible Conduct of Research is designed to assist social work researchers and other social scientists as they consider what it means to uphold the highest ethical standards in their research. As the social work profession increasingly emphasizes scholarship and research, the education and training of faculty and students in the responsible conduct of research (RCR) becomes imperative. Research Integrity and Responsible Conduct of Research supports this imperative by providing practical considerations, recommendations and tools in the ethical and responsible practice of social work research. The topics in the book cover what have been identified by the U.S. Office of Research Page 1 of 6

Integrity as the core instructional areas central to RCR. These core areas include: data acquisition, management, sharing and ownership; conflict of interest and commitment; subjects’ protection; research misconduct; publication practices and responsible authorship; mentor and mentee responsibilities; peer review; and collaborative science. A key feature of the book is its attention to identifying specific issues within each of the core areas that are particularly relevant for social work and social science researchers. For example, the chapter on collaborative science discusses issues related to community-based research, and the chapter on subjects’ protection discusses common IRB issues with social behavioral protocols such as doing research “on” students. Case studies designed to enhance critical thinking skills related to handling ethical dilemmas confronted by social scientists in the practice of research are also included. Drawing on research, curriculum models and identified best practices that have been primarily developed for biomedical researchers, the book presents practical strategies for educating and promoting RCR among social scientists.

Creating Better Social Science William H. Starbuck

in The Production of Knowledge: The Challenge of Social Science Research Published in print: 2006 Published Online: Publisher: Oxford University Press October 2011 DOI: 10.1093/ ISBN: 9780199288533 eISBN: 9780191700521 acprof:oso/9780199288533.003.0001 Item type: chapter

As some questions cannot be answered by traditional theories alone, this book asserts that there are research tactics do not help humans in understanding themselves and their environments. As a consequence social scientists have found a need to come up with alternative research methods. Such reforms attempt to point out inappropriate statistical technique, faults in the assumption that social systems and people are stable and nonreactive, and that research should consider environmental circumstance and not just logic and human physiology alone. Researchers must be able to set higher standards for the credibility of their findings so that social science research can better account for features in society and bring greater respect to the researchers. This chapter introduces the structure of the book and shows an autobiographical approach in an attempt to explain views through research experiences.

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Social Work Research: History, Organizational Roles, and the Influence of the National Institutes of Health Ruth G. McRoy, Jerry P. Flanzer, and Joan Levy Zlotnik in Building Research Culture and Infrastructure Published in print: 2012 Published Online: May Publisher: Oxford University Press 2012 DOI: 10.1093/ ISBN: 9780195399646 eISBN: 9780199932757 acprof:oso/9780195399646.003.0002 Item type: chapter

Chapter Two provides an historical overview of national social work research capacity – building efforts, especially in the context of the roles of national social work organizations and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It provides a brief history of the development of social work research, the widening funding base for social work research and the impact of university research culture on the social work field, particularly as universities have turned their attention to community development and needs. The authors describe the significant impact of the Task Force on Social Work Research, the significant roles of social work professional organizations, and the development of doctoral education programs towards meeting the need for an increasing social work knowledge base to address the demand for evidence based practice.

Sociology and Global Climate Change: Introduction Robert J. Brulle and Riley E. Dunlap

in Climate Change and Society: Sociological Perspectives Published in print: 2015 Published Online: Publisher: Oxford University Press August 2015 DOI: 10.1093/ ISBN: 9780199356102 eISBN: 9780199356133 acprof:oso/9780199356102.003.0001 Item type: chapter

A wide range of social science research on climate change has emerged over the past two decades, giving impetus to efforts to incorporate social science into the study of this topic and environmental change more broadly. However, recent analyses have argued that these efforts are inadequate and have offered critiques of three of the dominant intellectual currents within the current social science approaches to climate change. These three major approaches are Coupled Human– Natural Systems/Sustainability Science, individual-level analysis, and post-political framing of climate change. This chapter provides an overview of these approaches and discusses their limitations as noted by various critics. The chapter then discusses how a sociological perspective can supplement these approaches to help provide a more complete understanding of the human and social dimensions of climate change. Page 3 of 6

This chapter also provides brief overviews of the subsequent chapters in the book.

Voices from the Ground Up: The Use of Narrative in Understanding Recovery from Serious Mental Illness Deborah Salem

in Empowering Settings and Voices for Social Change Published in print: 2010 Published Online: Publisher: Oxford University Press January 2011 DOI: 10.1093/ ISBN: 9780195380576 eISBN: 9780199864508 acprof:oso/9780195380576.003.0006 Item type: chapter

Julian Rappaport argues that our role as social scientists is to use our tools to assist others in their efforts to “turn tales of terror to tales of joy.” He suggests that the application of a narrative approach to research is consistent with this goal, because it spans levels of analysis and has the capacity to promote both personal and social change. Narrative research allows us to explore individuals' own stories about their lives and contributes to description and analysis of the settings and cultural narratives that assist individuals in making meaning of their experiences. This chapter draws on work from a long-term collaboration with Schizophrenics Anonymous (SA), a mutual-help organization for individuals experiencing a schizophrenia-related illness, as an example of how a narrative approach can help us to understand and facilitate the experience of recovery from serious mental illness.

Religion, spirituality and the social sciences: Challenging marginalisation Basia Spalek and Alia Imtoual (eds)

Published in print: 2008 Published Online: Publisher: Policy Press March 2012 DOI: 10.1332/ ISBN: 9781847420411 eISBN: 9781447303190 policypress/9781847420411.001.0001 Item type: book

A growing number of people are claiming or reclaiming a religious or spiritual identity for themselves. Yet, in contemporary Western societies, the frameworks of understanding that have developed within the social science disciplines, and which are used to analyse data, are secular in nature, and so may be inappropriate for investigating some aspects of religion, spirituality and faith and how these intersect with individuals' lives. This book addresses important theoretical and methodological issues to explore ways of engaging with religion and spirituality when carrying out social science research. Divided into three sections, the book examines the notion of secularism in relation to contemporary Page 4 of 6

western society, including a focus upon secularisation; explores how the values underpinning social scientific enquiry might serve to marginalise religion and spirituality; and reflects on social science research methodologies when researching religion and spirituality.

Holistic Approach to Knowledge: Contribution of the Bhagavadgita and its Relevance to Social Science Research and Ethics * M.V. Nadkarni

in Ethics For Our Times: Essays in Gandhian Perspective Published in print: 2011 Published Online: Publisher: Oxford University Press January 2013 DOI: 10.1093/ ISBN: 9780198073864 eISBN: 9780199082162 acprof:oso/9780198073864.003.0008 Item type: chapter

This chapter examines the relevance and contribution of the Bhagavadgita to ethics and social science research in India. It explains that most of the training in social science research methodology in India is focused on quantitative techniques of the inductive method and are deprived of valuable insights which can come from a holistic approach. This chapter highlights the Gita's call for a holistic approach to knowledge called saatvik and provides examples of the application of the holistic approach in social sciences, particularly in economics and applied ethics.

Prosocial Emotions

Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis in The Economy as an Evolving Complex System, III: Current Perspectives and Future Directions Published in print: 2005 Published Online: Publisher: Oxford University Press October 2011 DOI: 10.1093/ ISBN: 9780195162592 eISBN: 9780199850495 acprof:oso/9780195162592.003.0014 Item type: chapter

This chapter argues that one can understand the evolution of emotions such as guilt and shame as mechanisms that facilitate social cooperation. As such, emotions evolved because of their reproductive value to groups and hence their individual members. The chapter provides an explanation of the long-term evolutionary success of prosocial emotions in term of both the individual and group-level benefits they confer. This study is part of a new wave of social science research at the Santa Fe Institute and so, likely represents a bridge to the next Economy as an Evolving Complex System conference. Page 5 of 6

Research Risk and Regulationist Stereotypes Carl E. Schneider

in The Censor's Hand: The Misregulation of Human-Subject Research Published in print: 2015 Published Online: Publisher: The MIT Press September 2015 DOI: 10.7551/ ISBN: 9780262028912 eISBN: 9780262328784 mitpress/9780262028912.003.0001 Item type: chapter

How much good IRB regulation can do depends on how much risk research subjects run. Biomedical research can harm subjects, but much of it needs no physical contact with patients, and most contact cannot cause serious injury. Even truly ill patients are, if anything, safer in than out of research. Social-science research cannot injure people physically, and its risks are trivial compared with the chances free people take daily In short, research harm “has been far less than the harm arising from many entirely ordinary activities” like walking. So the IRB system has less scope to do good than its severity suggests because research is safer than its rhetoric implies.

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