New Approaches in Social Research

Sans an introduction, Grbich plunges into a modernist critique of the centrality of the researcher's power. Apparently a sociologist from her listings in the references, she proceeds to review, and present criticisms of structural and poststructural/postmodern positions on textual meaning, ethical, data presentation, and other issues relating to the complex system that is social science. Her study of fathers as primary child caregivers serves as an example of postmodern research. Terms like fuzzy complexity and meta-narratives appear in the glossary. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR