Researching Social Change

This book will undobutedly be a key reference work in the fast growing area of qualitative analyses of social change -
International Journal of Social Research Methodology

This is a scholarly and thoughtful book. It is clearly written and accessible with useful summaries of the main points at each chapter endIt provides a valuable resource for qualitative social researchers and students, being packed with references and further resources across a range of research traditions
Social Research Association News

The book has broad appeal to anyone interested in researching social change, at whatever stage they are at in their career. It provides not only a useful introduction to a range of methods but also helps the researcher to consider their positioning within their own project. The authors write enthusiastically about research and celebrate the fact that it should be a

collaborative process, two important concepts for any qualitative researcher to remember
Qualitative Research

Julie McLeod is Professor in Records Management at Northumbria University. She is the Programme Leader for the MSc and BSc in  Information and Records Management distance learning courses. Her research is in records management, specifically the people, process, systems, and governance aspects, and she has directed many projects including AC+erm, the largest AHRC grant awarded for records management research. She plays an active role in the profession. See Rachel Thomson is Professor of Social Resaerch in the School of Health and Social Welfare. Rachel has been involved in a major longitudinal qualitative study of young people transitions to adulthood, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council since 1996 through the Children 5-16 and the Young People, Citizenship and Social Change programmes. The study is currently being archived with the support of a grant from the ESRC, and will be made available for secondary analysis (see www.lsbu.ac.uk/inventingadulthoods). Her research interests focus on gender identities, social change, sexuality, values, transitions and popular culture.

Introduction PART ONE: CONSTRUCTING CHANGE Social change and personal change Mapping time and space PART 2: REMEMBERING Memory work Life history// oral history PART 3: BEING WITH Qualitative longitudinal Ethnographic observation PART 4: INHERITANCE Intergenerational research Revisiting data sets and secondary analysis PART 5: BRINGING TOGETHER Analysing and theorising from data Capturing complexity Conclusion