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From the vantage point of forty years in social research and the study of families, Julia Brannen offers an invaluable account of how research is conducted and ‘matters’ at particular times. This fascinating work covers key developments in the field that remain of vital concern to society and demonstrates how social research is an art as well as a science – a process that involves craft and creativity.
Price: $127.95
Pages: 232
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Series: Sociology of Children and Families
Publication Date:
15 December 2019
ISBN: 9781529208566
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Sociology: family, kinship and relationships, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Social research and statistics
Julia Brannen is Professor of the sociology of the family at UCL Institute of Education and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. With an international reputation for research on the lives of parents, children and young people in families, including work-family life, relations between the generations and food in families, she is well known for her methodological expertise, in particular for advancing mixed methods approaches.
Beginnings and biography
The research environment
Mothers and the labour market
Inside the household
A generational lens on families and fathers
Children and young people in families
Families through the lens of food
Life stories: Biographical and narrative analysis
In conclusion