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Author : Linda Finlay
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 35,81 MB
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0470776986

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Reflexivity is a popular tool used to analyse personal, intersubjective and social processes which shape research projects. It enables researchers, particularly within the qualitative tradition, to acknowledge their role and the situated nature of their research. In the current climate, which sees the popularity of qualitative methods coupled with increased public and professional scrutiny of research, reflexivity provides a means of bolstering greater transparency and quality in research. This book recognises the considerable value of reflexivity to researchers, and provides a means to navigate this field. The book is foremost a practical guide which examines reflexivity at different stages of the research process. The editors and contributors offer candid approaches to the subject, which supply readers with diverse strategies on how to do reflexivity in practice. Features * Provides an accessible, practical guide to reflexive research processes, methods and outcomes * Encompasses both the health and social science fields * Includes contributions from international researchers The book is aimed at postgraduate and final year students of health and social sciences. Interested clinicians will also find useful insights in the text.

Author : John Davis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 37,81 MB
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1315471590

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The form of ‘reflexivity’ – defined by the dictionary as that which is ‘directed back upon itself’ – that is most relevant to economic methodology is that where observation of the economy leads to ideas that change behavior, which in turn changes (is directed back upon) the economy itself. As George Soros explains: "if investors believe that markets are efficient then that belief will change the way they invest, and that in turn will change the nature of the markets they are observing ... That is the principle of reflexivity". Although various versions of reflexivity have long been discussed, in recent years George Soros has been particularly effective in bringing ideas about reflexivity to the attention of the economic and financial communities. In a series of writings he has systematically argued that reflexivity is not only an important aspect of economic life, it is an aspect that is neglected in most mainstream theorizing; and in addition, that the neglect of reflexivity has been responsible for the failure of economists to predict, explain, or offer a solution for events such as the recent financial crisis. Soros’ ideas about reflexivity have important methodological significance, and his chapter in this book summarizes and clarifies his arguments. His contribution is joined by those of thirteen scholars from a wide range of relevant fields, who provide a commentary on the idea of reflexivity in economics. This book was originally published as a special issue of The Journal of Economic Methodology.

Author : Margaret S. Archer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 35,3 MB
Release : 2009-12-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 1135268614

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In this, the first book to focus on ‘Reflexivity’, the following is discussed in detail: 1) Where does the ability to be ‘reflexive’ comes from? 2) What part do our internal reflexive deliberations play in designing the courses of action we take? 3) Is ‘reflexivity’ a homogeneous practice for all people and invariant over history? Throughout, contributors refer to influential thinkers like Habermas, Giddens, Bourdieu and Beck.

Author : Jon Dean
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 17,74 MB
Release : 2017-01-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1447330854

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This book provides social science researchers with both a strong rationale for the importance of thinking reflexively and a practical guide to doing it. The first book to build on Pierre Bourdieu's reflexive work, it combines academic analysis with practical examples and case studies. The book will be of interest to researchers and students.

Author : Pierre Bourdieu
Publisher : Polity
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 20,17 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Science
ISBN : 074563060X

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Adressing a range of issues and debates in the natural and social sciences, this work provides a sociological analysis of science which enables readers to understand the social mechanisms which shape scientific practice.

Author : Frederick Steier
Publisher : Sage Publications (CA)
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 33,36 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780803982390

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Explores the range of issues and perspectives about the nature of knowledge and reflexive knowing, this book shows how a concern with reflexivity can inform research methodologies and practice. The text is intended for academics and researchers in communication and the sociology of knowledge.

Author : Tim May
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 12,53 MB
Release : 2017-06-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1473986982

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Reflexivity – the critical examination of how we see the world – is integral to good research practice. From this state-of-the-art, accessible tour of its history and contemporary relevance, readers will learn of its importance to social research and to society generally. The text introduces a host of influential thinkers and their key ideas on reflexivity, and incorporates examples from a range of disciplines and research settings. Drawing on the authors’ extensive experience of real research settings, this book: Pinpoints the importance of reflexivity in social research Demonstrates its relevance to everyday life Firmly locates the concept in the history of ideas Explores key questions about the bases of knowledge and understanding Presents key thinkers, concepts and issues in easy-to-understand learning boxes The result is a book that provides students and researchers in the social sciences with the knowledge and understanding necessary not only to examine the role of reflexivity in contemporary life, but to apply it in their own research practice.

Author : Jack L Amoureux
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 13,47 MB
Release : 2015-09-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1317656016

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Reflexivity has become a common term in IR scholarship with a variety of uses and meanings. Yet for such an important concept and referent, understandings of reflexivity have been more assumed rather than developed by those who use it, from realists and constructivists to feminists and post-structuralists. This volume seeks to provide the first overview of reflexivity in international relations theory, offering students and scholars a text that : provides a comprehensive and systematic overview of the current reflexivity literature develops important insights into how reflexivity can play a broader role in IR theory pushes reflexivity in new, productive directions, and offers more nuanced and concrete specifications of reflexivity moves reflexivity beyond the scholar and the scholarly field to political practice Formulates practices of reflexivity. Drawing together the work of many of the key scholars in the field into one volume, this work will be essential reading for all students of international relations theory.

Author : Robert Stam
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 38,18 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780231079457

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Reflexivity refers to those moments in fiction and film when the work suddenly calls attention to itself as a fictional construct. For example, in literature a character might suddenly step out of the story and address the reader.

Author : John Perry
Publisher : Center for the Study of Language and Information Publica Tion
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,51 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Meaning
ISBN : 9781575865232

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For this new second edition, Perry has added a new preface and two chapters on the interface between semantics and pragmatics and on the semantics of attitude reports, along with summaries at the end of each chapter. --Book Jacket.