SSRE 511/521
READING LIST
(compiled by Dr Annette Beasley,
School of Social and Cultural Studies)
Please note, only books available in the VUW library have been included on this list.
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH – GENERAL
Babbie, E. R., 2001: The Practice of Social Research, Ninth Edition, Wadsworth
Thomson Learning, Belmont.
Black, T. R., 2001: Understanding Social Science Research, Second Edition, Sage,
London.
Blaxter, L., Hughes, C. and Tight. M., 1996: How to Research, Second Edition, Open
University, Buckingham.
Bryman, A., 1988: Quantity and Quality in Social Research, Unwin Hyman, London.
Bryman, A., 1999: Research Methods and Organizing Studies, Routledge, London.
Bryman, A., 2004: Social Research Methods, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Cryer, P., 1996: The Research Student’s Guide to Success, Open University,
Buckingham.
Davidson, C. and Tolich, M. (eds.), 1999: Social Science Research in New Zealand:
Many Paths to Understanding, Longman, Auckland.
Denscombe, M., 2003: Good Research Guide for Small-Scale Research Projects,
Open University Press, Maidenhead.
Gray, A., 2002: Research Practice for Cultural Studies, Sage, London.
Hammersley, M. (ed.), 1993: Social Research: Philosophy, Politics and Practice,
Sage, Newbury Park.
Hughes, J., 1990: The Philosophy of Social Research, Second Edition, Longman,
London.
Kellehear, A., 1993: The Unobtrusive Researcher, Allen & Unwin, St. Leonards.
Kuper, J. (ed.), 1997: Methods, Ethics and Models, Rouledge and Kegan Paul,
London.
Lewis-Beck, M. S., Bryman, A. and Liao, T. F., 2004: The Sage Encyclopedia of
Social Science Research Methods, Sage, Thousand Oaks.
McNeill, P., 1990: Research Methods, Second Edition, Routledge, New York.
May, T., 2001: Social Research: Issues, Methods and Process, Third Edition, Open
University, Buckingham.
Neuliep, J. (ed.), 1991: Replication Research in the Social Sciences, Sage, Newbury.
Punch, K. F., 1998: Introduction to Social Research: Quantitative and Qualitative
Approaches, Sage, London.
Robson, C., 2002: Real world Research. A Resource for social Scientists and
Practitioner-Researchers, Blackwell, Oxford.
Sarantakos, S., 1993: Social Research, MacMillian Education, Basingstoke.
Stebbins, R. A., 2001: Exploratory Research In Social Sciences, Sage, London.
RESEARCH DESIGN and METHODOLOGY
Blakie, N. W. H., 2000: Designing Social Research. The Logic of Anticipation, Polity
Press, Malden.
Creswell, J. W., 2003: Research Design, Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed
Methods Approaches, Second Edition., Sage, Thousand Oaks.
De Vaus, D., 2001: Research Design in Social Research, Sage, London.
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Gomm, R., 2003: Social Research Methodology: A Critical Introduction, Palgrave
Macmillan, New York.
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RESEARCH METHODS AND TECHNIQUES
Bartunek, J. M. and Louis, M.R., 1996: Insider/Outsider Team Research, Sage,
Newbury Park.
Blaxter, L., Hughes, C. and Tight, M., 2001: How to Research, Second Edition, Open
University, Buckingham.
Bouma, G. D., 1993: The Research Process, Revised Edition, Oxford University
Press, Melbourne.
Clough, P. and Nutbrown, C., 2002: A Student’s Guide to Methodology, Sage,
London.
Flyvbjerg, B., 2001: Making Social Science Matter. Why Social Inquiry Fails and
How it can succeed Again, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Frost, P. and Stablein, R., (eds.), 1992: Doing Exemplary Research, Sage, Newbury
Park.
Gilbert, N. (ed.), 1993: Researching Social Life, Sage, Newbury Park.
Herzog, T., 1996: Research methods in the Social Sciences, Harper Collins, New
York.
Law, J., 2004: After Method: Mess in Social Science Research, Routledge, London.
McKenzie, G., Powell, J. and Usher, R., Understanding Social Research:
Perspectives on Methodology and Practice, Falmer Press, Washington, DC.
Action/Collaborative approaches
Hall, D. J. and Hall, I. M., 1996: Practical Social Research: Project Work in the
Community, Macmillan, Houndmills.
Hart, E. and Bond, M., 1995: Action Research for Health and Social Services, Open
University, Buckingham.
Reason, P. and Bradbury, H., 2000: Handbook of Action Research, Sage, London.
Winter, R., 1989: Learning from Experience: Principles and Practice in Action
Research, Palmer, London.
Zuber, S. O., 1992: Action Research in Higher Education: Examples and Reflections,
Kogan Page, London.
Data Collection, Management and Analysis
Ackroyd, S and Hughes, J., 1992: Data Collection in Context, Second Edition, Oxford
University Press, London.
Bryman, A. and Burgess, R. L., 1994: Analyzing Qualitative Data, Routledge,
London.
Bryman, A. and Cramer, D., 1994: Quantitative Data Analysis for Social Scientists,
Routledge, London.
Hardy, M. A. and Bryman, A., 2004: Data Analysis, Sage, London.
Orna, E., 1998: Managing Information for Research, Gower, Aldershot.
Rodrigues, D., 1997: The Research Paper and the World Wide Web, Prentice hall,
Upper Saddle River.
Case Studies
Gillham, B., 2000: Case Study Research Method, Cassell, London.
Yin, R. K., 1994: Case Study Research Design and Methods, Second Edition, Sage,
Thousand Oaks.
Children/youth
Bennett, A., Cielik, M. and Miles, S. (eds.), 2003: Researching Youth, Palgrave
Macmillian, New York.
Graue, M. E. and Walsh, D. J. (eds.), 1998: Studying Children in Context: Theories,
Methods and Ethics, Thousand Oaks, Sage.
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Elites
Heretz, R. and Imber, J. B. (eds.), 1995: Studying Elites Using Qualitative Methods,
Sage, Thousand Oaks.
Evaluation research
Alkin, M. C. (ed.), 1990: Debates on Evaluation, Sage, Newbury Park.
Black, T. R., 1993: Evaluating Social Science Research. An Introduction, Sage,
Thousand Oaks.
Davidson, C., Lunt, N, and McKegg, K. (eds.), 2003: Evaluation Policy and Practise:
A New Zealand Reader, Pearson Prentice Hall, Auckland.
Katzer, J., cook, K. H. and Crouch, W. W., 2998: Evaluating Information: A Guide
for Users of Social Science Research, Fourth Edition, McGraw-Hill, Boston
Ma.
Kushner, S., 2000: Personalizing Evaluation, Sage, London.
Nagal, S. S. (ed.), 1999: Policy Theory and Policy Evaluation: Conceptions of
Knowledge, Causes and Norms, Greenwood Press, New York.
Nagal, S. (ed.), 2002: Contemporary Policy Evaluation, Nova Science Publications,
Huntington.
Palumbo, D. J., (ed.), 1987: The Politics of Programme Evaluation, Sage, Newbury
Park.
Patton, M. Q., 2002: Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods, Sage, Thousand
Oaks.
Stern, E., 2004: Evaluation Research Methods, Sage, London.
Stern, P. C. and Kalof, L., 1996: Evaluating Social Science Research, Second Edition,
Oxford, New York.
Feminist
Maynard, M. and Purvis, J. (eds.), 1994: Gender and Society – Feminist Perspectives,
Taylor & Francis, London.
Martinez, A. and Stuart, M. E. (eds.), 2003: Out of the Ivory Tower: Feminist
Research for Social Change, Sumach Press, Toronto.
Moss, P. J. (ed.), 2002: Feminist Geography in Practice: Research and Methods,
Blackwell, Oxford.
Reinharz, S., 1992: Feminist Methods in Social Research, Oxford University Press,
Oxford.
Fieldwork
De Walt, K. M. and De Walt, B. R., 2001: Participant Observation: A Guide for
Fieldworkers, AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek.
Shaffir, W. and Stebbins, R. (eds.), 1991: Experiencing Fieldwork: An Inside View of
Qualitative Research, Sage, Newbury Park.
Focus Groups
Kruegar, R. A., 1994: Focus Groups: A Practical Guide for Applied Researchers,
Second Edition, Sage, Thousand Oaks.
Morgan, D., 1997: Focus Groups as Qualitative Research, Second Edition, Sage,
Newbury Park.
Interviewing
Gubrium, J. F. and Holstein, J. A., 2001: Handbook of Interviewing Research, Sage,
Thousand Oaks.
Fry, J. H. and Oishi, S. M., 1995: How to Conduct Interviews by Telephone and in
Person, Sage, Newbury.
Keats, D., 1993: Skilled Interviewing, Second Edition, Australian Council for
Educational Research, Hawthorne.
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Rubin, H. J. and Rubin, I., 2005: Qualitative Interviewing: The Art of Hearing Data,
Sage, Thousand Oaks.
Maori and Pacific Research
Baba, T. (ed.), 2002: Researching Pacific and Indigenous Peoples: Issues and
Perspectives, Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Auckland.
Bishop, R., 1996: Collaborative Research Stories – Whakawhanaungatanga,
Dunmore, Palmerston North.
Smith, L. T., 1999: Decolonizing Methodologies. Research and Indigenous Peoples,
Zed Books, Dunedin.
Te Awekotuku, N., 1991: He Tikanga Whakaaro: Research Ethics in the Maori
Community. A Discussion Paper, Wellington, Ministry of Maori Affairs.
Aroturuki me te Arotakenga Monitoring and Evaluation Branch, 1999: Evaluation for
Maori: Guidelines for Government Agencies, Te Puni Kokiri, Wellington.
Mixed Methods
Tashakkori, A. and Teddlie, C., 2002: Handbook of Mixed Methods in Social &
Behavioural Research, Sage, Thousand Oaks.
Oral History
Fyfe, J. and Manson, H., 1989: Oral History and How to Approach it, National
Library of New Zealand, Wellington.
Perks, R. and Thomson, A. (eds.), 1995: The Oral History Reader, Routledge,
London.
Qualitative Research
Brizuela, B. M., 2000: Acts of Inquiry in Qualitative Research, Harvard Education
Review, Reprint Series No. 43, Cambridge.
Bryman, A., 2001: Qualitative Data Analysis with SPSS Release 10 for Windows: A
Guide for Social Scientist, Routledge, London.
Creswell, J. W., 1988: Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design, Sage, Thousand
Oaks.
Denzin, N. K. and Lincoln, Y. S. (eds.) 1994: Handbook of Qualitative Research,
Sage, Thousand Oaks.
Denzin, N. K. and Lincoln, Y, (eds.), 2002: The Qualitative Inquiry Reader, Sage,
London.
Denzin, N. K. and Lincoln, Y. (eds.), 2003: Collecting and Interpreting Qualitative
Materials, Sage, Thousand Oaks.
Denzin, N. K. and Lincoln, Y. (eds.), 2003: The Landscape of Qualitative Research:
Theories and Issues, Sage, Thousand Oaks.
Ezzy, D., 2002: Qualitative Analysis: Practice and Innovation, Allen & Unwin, St.
Leonards.
Flick, U., 1998: An Introduction to Qualitative Research, Sage, London.
Holliday, A., 2002: Doing and Writing Qualitative Research, Sage, Thousand Oaks.
Holloway, W. and Jefferson, T., 2000: Doing Qualitative Research Differently:
Narrative and Interview Methods, Sage, London.
Kvale, S., 1996: Interviews: An Introduction to Qualitative Research Interviewing,
Sage, Thousand Oaks.
Lofland, J. and Lofland, L. H., 1995: Analyzing Social Settings – A Guide to
Qualitative Observation and Analysis, Third Edition, Wadsworth Publishing,
Belmont, Ca.
Mason, J., 1996: Qualitative Researching, Sage, London.
Matthew, M. and Huberman, M. 1994: Qualitative Analysis: An Expanded Source
Book, Second Edition, Sage, Thousand Oaks.
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Maxwell, J. A., 2005: Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach, Sage,
Thousand Oaks.
May, T., 2002: Qualitative Research in Action, Sage, London.
Miles, M. B. and Huberman, A. M. (eds.), 2002: The Qualitative Researcher’s
Companion, Sage, Thousand Oaks.
Hesse-Biber, S. J. and Leavy, P. (eds.), 2004: Approaches to Qualitative Research: A
Reader on Theory and Practice, Oxford University Press, New York.
Patton, M. Q., 2002: Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods, Sage, Thousand
Oaks.
Schratz, M. and Walker, R., 1995: Research as Social Change. New Opportunities for
Qualitative Research, Routledge, London.
Searle, C. (ed.), 2004: Qualitative Research Practice, Sage, Thousand Oaks.
Silverman, D. (ed.) 1997: Qualitative Research Theory. Method and Practise, Sage,
London.
Silverman, D., 1999: Doing Qualitative Research. A Practical Handbook, Sage,
London.
Wengraf, T., 2001: Qualitative Research Interviewing: Semi-Structured, Biographical
and Narrative Methods, Sage, Thousand Oaks.
Quantitative and Survey Research
Aldridge, A. E. and Levine, K., 2001: Surveying the Social World: Principles and
Practice In Survey Research, Open University, Buckingham.
Berdie, D. R., Anderson, J. F. and Niebuhr, M. A., 1986: Questionnaires: Design and
Use, Scarecrow Press, Metuchen.
Bryman, A. and Cramer, D., 1990: Quantitative Data Analysis for Social Scientists,
Routledge, London.
De Vaus, D., 1991: Surveys in Social Research, Third Edition, Allen & Unwin, North
Sydney.
Fink, A., 1995: The Survey Kit, Sage, Thousand Oaks.
Foddy, W., 1993: Constructing Questions for Interviews and Questionnaires: Theory
and Practice in Social Research, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Fowler F. J. Jr., 2002: Survey Research Methods, Sage, Thousand Oaks.
Fowler, F. J. and Mangione, T. W., 1990: Standardized Survey Interviewing:
Minimizing Interviewer-related Error, Save, Newbury Park.
Kaplan, D. (ed.), 2004: The Sage Handbook of Quantitative Methodology for the
Social Sciences, Sage, Thousand Oaks.
Mangione, T. W., 1995: Mail Surveys:Improving the Quality, Sage, Thousand Oaks.
Oppenheim, A. N., 1992: Questionnaire Design, Interviewing and Attitude
Measurement, Pinter Publishers, London.
Schonlau, M., Fricker, R. D. and Elliott, M. N. Jr. (eds.), 2002: Conducting Research
Surveys via E-mail and The Web, Rand, Santa Monica.
Utwin, M. S., 1995: How to Measure Survey Reliability and Validity, Sage, Newbury
Park.
Secondary Research
Stewart, D. W. and Kamins, M. Z., 1993: Secondary Research; Information, Sources
and Methods, Sage, Newbury Park.
Social Assessment
Taylor, N., Bryan, H. and Goodrich, C., 1990: Social Assessment: Theory, Process
and Techniques, Centre for Resource Management, Lincoln.
THEORETICAL APPROACHES
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Benton, T. and Craib, I., 2001: Philosophy of Social Science: The Philosophical
Foundations of Social Thought, Palgrave, New York.
Chafetz, J. S., 1990: Gender Equity: An Integrated Theory of Stability and Change,
Newbury Park, Sage.
Fay, N., 1996: Contemporary Philosophy of Social Science: A Multicultural
Approach, Blackwell, Oxford,
Hollis, M., 1994: The Philosophy of Social Science, An Introduction, University
Press, Cambridge.
Hughes, J., 1990: The Philosophy of Social Research, Second Edition, Longman,
London.
Kukla, A., 2000: Social Constructivism and the Philosophy of Science, Routledge,
London.
Manicas, P. T., 1987: A History & Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Blackwell,
London.
DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
Hosker, I., 2002: Social Statistics: Data Analysis in Social Science Explained,
Studymates, Taunton.
Jaffe, A J. and Spirer, H. F., 1987: Misused Statistics: Straight Talk for Twisted
Numbers, Dekker, New York.
Silverman, D., 1993: Interpreting Qualitative Data. Methods for Analysing Talk, Text
and Interaction, Sage, London.
Solomon, R. and Winch, C., 1994: Calculating and Computing for Social Science and
Arts Students, Open University, Buckingham.
ETHICS
Beach, D., 1996: The Responsible Conduct of Research, VCH Publishers, Weinheim.
Card, C. (ed.), 1991: Feminist Ethics, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.
Daly, J. M., 1996: Ethical Intersections: Health Research, Methods and Researcher
Responsibility, Allen and Unwin, St. Leonards.
Gathens, M. (ed.), 1998: Feminist Ethics, Brookfield, Aldershot,
Horman, R., 1991: The Ethics of Social Research, Longman, London.
Mauther, M., Birch, M., Jessop, J. and Miller, T. (eds.), 2002: Ethics in Qualitative
Research, Sage, London.
Murphy, T. F., 1997: Gay Science. The Ethics of Sexual Orientation Research,
Colombia University Press, New York.
Penslar, R. L. (ed.), 1995: Research Ethics: Cases and Materials, Indiana University
Press, Bloomington.
Peterson, D., 1999: Encouraging Ethical and Non-discriminatory Research with
Mental Health Consumers: A Discussion Paper, Mental Health Commission,
Wellington.
Simons, F. (ed.), 2000: Situated Ethics in Education Research, Routledge, London.
Te Awekotuku, N., 1999: He Tikanga Whakaaro: Research Ethics in the Maori
Community, A Discussion Paper, Ministry of Maori Affairs, Wellington.
Tolich, M. (ed.), Research Ethics in Aotearoa New Zealand, Pearson, Auckland.
Vanderpool, H. Y., 1996: The Ethics of Research Involving Human Subjects. Facing
the 21st Century, University Publishing Co., Frederick.
POLICY
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Hall, P. M. (ed.), 1997: Race, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism: Policy and Practice,
Garland Publishers, New York.
Vincent, J. and Brown, S. (eds.), 1992: Critics and Customers: The Control of Social
Policy, Averbury, Aldershot.
Wish, E. D. (ed.), 1992: Drug Abuse: Linking Policy with Research, Sage, Newbury
Park.
POLITICS OF RESEARCH
Ratcliffe, P. (ed.), 2001: The Politics of Social Science Research: Race, Ethnicity, and
Social Change, Palgrave, New York.
WRITING
Becker, H. S., 1986: Writing for Social Scientists, University of Chicago Press,
Chicago.
Holliday, A., 2002: Doing and Writing Qualitative Research, Sage, Thousand Oaks.
Rountree, K., 1991: Writing for Success. A Practical Guide for New Zealand
Students, Longman Paul, Auckland.
Rountree, K. and Laing, T., 1996: Writing by Degrees: A Practical Guide to Writing
Theses and Research Papers, Longman, Auckland.
Wallace, D. and Hughes, J., 1995: Style Book: A Guide for New Zealand Writers and
Editors, GP Publications, Wellington.
Wolcott, H. F., 2001: Writing up Qualitative Research, Sage, Newbury Park.
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