Archive for: September, 2014
Win a copy of ‘Sans Papiers’ new book on undocumented migrants
Sans Papiers: The Social and Economic Lives of Young Undocumented Migrants This new book, by Alice Bloch, Nando Sigona and Roger Zetter combines theoretical and policy debates with an in-depth exploration of the experiences of undocumented migrants in the UK from Zimbabwe, China, Brazil, Ukraine and Turkish Kurdistan. Undocumented migration is […]
38. Facet Methodology
Facet Methodology is a new model for mixed method approaches to research, developed in the Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives. Facet methodology involves the use of a strategically chosen cluster of methods to explore the research question from different angles. Each ‘facet’, like a face of a gemstone, […]
37. Negative ties in social networks
We are all immersed in networks. We have networks of friends, family, and work associates plus many other types of social connection. A social network is a collection of individuals together with a social relationship which connects pairs of people together. Social networking sites such as facebook and LinkedIn are […]
36. Relationality
Relationality – the state of being relational or connected. This has been applied in innovative ways by Morgan Centre academics within Sociology at Manchester committed to empirical research on interpersonal life. The Centre has mapped changes (since the mid-twentieth century) in relating. In Family Practices (1996), David Morgan challenges the […]
35. Cathie Marsh and the craft of quantitative sociology
Cathie Marsh was a leading light in the field of quantitative sociology, particularly in the use of surveys. Sociological surveys were falling from favour in the 80s, and often dismissed as crude tools lacking in subtlety. Cathie disagreed. Her 1982 book The Survey Method argued that the problem wasn’t the […]