Objectivity and Subjectivity in Social Research

Gayle Letherby, John Scott, Malcolm Williams

SAGE Publications, Oct 3, 2012 - Social Science - 200 pages

Objectivity and subjectivity are key concepts in social research. In this book, written by leading authors in the field, objectivity and subjectivity are not treated as opposed, but as logically and methodologically related in social research.

About the author

Gayle Letherby is an honorary professor of sociology at the University of Plymouth and a visiting professor at the University of Greenwich. Alongside substantive interests in reproductive and non/parental identities; gender, health, and well-being; loss and bereavement; travel and transport mobility and working; and gender and identity within institutions (including universities and prisons), she has an international reputation in research methodology. Expertise in this area includes feminist and qualitative approaches and in auto/biography and creative reflexivity (with reference to data collection and presentation). Gayle is currently a coeditor of the SAGE journal Methodological Innovations and is in the process of editing the Handbook of Feminist Research for Routledge. In addition to her own research and writing, Gayle has significant experience in research mentoring and consultancy both within academia, for grant funding bodies and for HealthWatch UK. For examples of nonacademic writing and pieces written for general readership, see http://arwenackcerebrals.blogspot.co.uk/ and https://www.abctales.com/user/gletherby

Bibliographic information

• Title: Objectivity and Subjectivity in Social Research
• Authors: Gayle Letherby, John Scott, Malcolm Williams
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, 2012
• ISBN: 0857028405, 9780857028402
• Length: 200 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Research