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The idea that science is a blueprint for research, and imagination
gives research its life and purpose inspired this comprehensive
explanation of research methodology. The authors' decades of
experience have revealed that research is a craft requiring
judgment and creativity, not simply memorization and application of
the rules of science. Whether one is conducting an intimate
one-on-one interview or a large-scale examination of an entire
society, human imagination and scientific principles of inquiry go
hand in hand. To that end, this book emphasizes scientific method,
but also acknowledges its critics. It covers a wide variety of
data-collection techniques, but presents them as reinforcing rather
than competing with one another, thus striking a balance between
qualitative and quantitative methods. It is designed for students
and instructors who want a comprehensive treatment of a variety of
research techniques with special emphasis on qualitative
approaches.
The idea that science is a blueprint for research, and imagination
gives research its life and purpose inspired this comprehensive
explanation of research methodology. The authors' decades of
experience have revealed that research is a craft requiring
judgment and creativity, not simply memorization and application of
the rules of science. Whether one is conducting an intimate
one-on-one interview or a large-scale examination of an entire
society, human imagination and scientific principles of inquiry go
hand in hand. To that end, this book emphasizes scientific method,
but also acknowledges its critics. It covers a wide variety of
data-collection techniques, but presents them as reinforcing rather
than competing with one another, thus striking a balance between
qualitative and quantitative methods. It is designed for students
and instructors who want a comprehensive treatment of a variety of
research techniques with special emphasis on qualitative
approaches.
This analysis of the growth of welfare spending examines the
relative impact of class and status groups versus demographic
composition and political structures. Special attention is given to
the role of the aged as representative of the importance of
ascription and middle-class groups in welfare growth, and to the
effect of welfare spending on income inequality. Aggregate
cross-national data from the UN, ILO, and the World Bank are
analysed and the conclusion is drawn that a large aged population,
especially in combination with democratic political processes, is a
direct and crucial influence on the level of welfare spending.
This book examines a central element of social welfare, old age
security, exploring the history of policies in both developed and
underdeveloped countries to assess their structure, ideology and
effectiveness. The authors test five theoretical perspectives on
old-age security policy in four industrial nations (the United
States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany) and three developing
countries (India, Nigeria, Brazil), challenging the view that old
age policy is the outcome of class conflict between capital and
labour. Instead, the authors adopt a neo-pluralist perspective
which emphasizes the influence of ethnic religious and regional
groups, as well as "the grey lobby", over that of class-based
groups. The authors attempt to test ideas derived in part from
these historical case studies by analysing quantitative data from a
broader sample of countries (18 industrial nationa and 32
developing nations), and they use these results to anticipate
future policy developments in the U.S.
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