Identities and social change in Britain since 1940: the politics of method

Identities and Social Change in Britain since 1940 draws extensively on archived qualitative social science data to offer a unique, personal, and challenging account of post war social change in Britain. INDICE: Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; 1: 2005 to 1938: Lifting social groups out of the landscape.; art I: Technical Identities and Social Change; 2: 1938: The British intellectual and high-brow culture; 3: 1954: The challenge of technical identity; 4: 1950: The resurgence of gentlemanly expertise in post-war Britain.; 5: 1962: The moment of sociology; PART II: The Social Science Apparatus; 6: 1956: The end of community: the quest for the English Middletown; 7: 1951: The interview and the melodrama of social mobility; 8: 1941: The sample survey and the modern rational nation; PART III: Technique and Expertise; 9: 2009: The Politics of Method; References; Appendix: Details of Archival Sources consulted

• ISBN: 978-0-19-958765-0
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 320
• Fecha Publicación: 13/05/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés