Researching Social Problems (Paperback, 1)

Foreword: The Splendid Dangers and Worthy Methods of the Social Pathologist Gary Alan Fine Introduction Amir Marvasti and A. Javier Trevino 1. Survey Research: Asking Questions for Assessing Social Problems Karen G. Weiss 2. Research Interviews: Measuring, Feeling, and Constructing Social Problems Amir Marvasti 3. Narrative Inquiry: Stories and Storytellers of Social Problems Amir Marvasti, Lara Foley, and Aubrey DeLammermore 4. Institutional Ethnography: A Mode of Inquiry and a Strategy for Change Marjorie L. DeVault 5. Participatory Action Research: Re-imagining the Study and Transformation of Social Problems Kristin P. Goessling 6. Autoethnography as a Methodology in Researching Social Problems Carol Rambo, Brittany Presson, Victoria Gaines, and Brandi Barnes 7. Considering Materiality: The Utility of Actor-Network Theory to Study Social Problems Shannon K. Carter and Beatriz M. Reyes-Foster 8. Systematic Experimentation on Social Problems Michael J. Lovaglia, Shane D. Soboroff, Christopher P. Kelley, and Jeffrey W. Lucas 9. Visual Research Methods: Integrating Images in the Study of Social Problems Patricia Snell Herzog 10. The Ethics of the Study of Social Problems Mark Israel and Farida Fozdar