Search Results - muleta~

Applications of ICT in social sciences /

An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Towards solving the social science challenges with computing methods /

An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Complexity, multi-disciplinarity, and beyond by Finkenthal, Michael, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…Complexity : a few basic definitions -- Complexity analysis : a test case -- Thinking complexity : the epistemological aspect of the problem -- Complexity in humanities and in social sciences -- The existential philosophers struggle with complexity -- Utopian thinking and complexity -- Disciplinarian thinking and interdisciplinarity revisited -- Complexity, multi-disciplinarity and beyond -- Instead of a conclusion : fragments for a book about complexity.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Meta-analysis for public management and policy by Ringquist, Evan J., 1962-

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. Techniques of meta-analysis -- pt. 2. Meta-analysis in public management and policy research.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Meta-analysis in social research / by Glass, Gene V.

Multi - media approaches in teaching social studies / by Dhamija, Neelam

Voices of Diversity Multi-Culturalism in America / by Sengstock, Mary C.

Get full text

Migration and Transformation: Multi-Level Analysis of Migrant Transnationalism / by Pitknen, Pirkko

Get full text

Quality of Life in Old Age International and Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives / by Mollenkopf, Heidrun

Get full text

The Chinese Face in Australia Multi-generational Ethnicity among Australian-born Chinese / by Ngan, Lucille Lok-Sun

Get full text

Cohabitation and Marriage in the Americas: Geo-historical Legacies and New Trends

Table of Contents: “…: Albert Esteve, Ron Lesthaeghe, Julieta Quilodrán, Antonio López-Gay, Julián López-Colás -- Chapter 6: Consensual Unions in Central America: Historical Continuities and New Emerging Patterns: Teresa Castro-Martín and Antía Domínguez -- Chapter 7: The Boom of Cohabitation in Colombia and in the Andean Region: Social and Spatial Patterns: Albert Esteve, A. …”
Get full text

Real world research : a resource for users of social research methods in applied settings / by Robson, Colin

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Ways of using the book -- The main steps when carrying out a project -- Setting the scene -- Introduction -- Approaches to social research -- Planning : selecting a strategy -- Developing your ideas -- General design issues -- Desk-based research -- Fixed designs -- Flexible designs -- Multi-strategy (mixed methods) designs -- Designs for particular purposes: evaluation, action and change -- Ethical and political considerations -- Tactics : the methods of data collection -- Surveys and questionnaires -- Interviews and focus groups -- Tests and scales -- Observational methods -- Additional methods of data collection -- Writing a project proposal -- Carrying out the project -- Dealing with the data -- The analysis and interpretation of quantitative data -- The analysis and interpretation of qualitative data -- Reporting, disseminating and moving forward -- Appendix A: Using specialist software for quantitative analysis -- Appendix B: Using specialist software for qualitative analysis -- Glossary -- References and author index -- Subject index.…”

Program evaluation theory and practice a comprehensive guide / by Mertens, Donna M.

Table of Contents: “…The landscape of evaluation -- Introduction to evaluation: defining terms and ethical considerations -- Framing evaluation : paradigms, branches, and theories -- Historical and contemporary evaluation paradigms, branches, theories, and approaches -- The postpositivist paradigm and the methods branch -- The pragmatic paradigm and the use branch -- The constructivist paradigm and the values branch -- The transformative paradigm and the social justice branch -- Planning evaluations -- Working with stakeholders: establishing the context and the evaluand -- Evaluation purposes and questions -- Evaluation designs -- Data collection strategies and indicators -- Stakeholders, participants, and sampling -- Data analysis and interpretation -- Implementation in evaluation -- Communication and utilization of findings -- Meta-evaluation and project management -- Perennial and emerging issues in evaluation -- Glossary.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Integration Processes and Policies in Europe Contexts, Levels and Actors /

Table of Contents: “…Categorising in European policies: Liza Mügge & Marleen van der Haar -- 6. The multi-level governance of migration and integration: Peter Scholten  & Rinus Penninx -- 7. …”
Get full text

Situating Children of Migrants across Borders and Origins A Methodological Overview /

Table of Contents: “…Researching the Spanish Second Generation in Switzerland: Marina Richter and Michael Nollert -- 14: Mapping Transnational Networks of Care from a Multi-Actor and Multi-sited Perspective: Valentina Mazzucato, Ernestina Dankyi, Miranda Poeze -- 15 Index.…”
Get full text

Open Society Unresolved : The Contemporary Relevance of a Contested Idea /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Open society unresolved : charting the contested terrain / Christof Royer -- Human nature and the open society / Thom Scott-Phillips -- In praise of coldness : the open neighborhood and its enemies / Rachid Boutayeb -- Against identity : individuality as the foundation of open society / Gregory Lobo -- Empirical embodiment of critical rationalism : deliberative theory and open society / Gazela Pudar Draško and Predrag Krstić -- Open society as an achievement : Popper, Gaus, and the liberal tradition / Piers Norris Turner -- Nozick's meta-Utopia as an open society / Avery Fox White -- Hannah Arendt and literary pedagogy / Andrea Timár -- Can Bergson's definition of open society be useful today? …”
Full text available:

Understanding Society and Natural Resources Forging New Strands of Integration Across the Social Sciences /

Table of Contents: “…Gowdy -- Chapter 7: The Humanities as Hypotheses for Understanding Resource Challenges and Conflicts: Bron Taylor -- Part 2: Topics in Integration: Chapter 8: Innovative Multi-level Approaches to Risk Governance Research: Armin Haas, Peijun Shi, Qian Ye -- Chapter 9: Livelihoods, Poverty, and Conservation : Lucca Tacconi, Andrew Vayda -- Chapter 10: Who’s afraid of Thomas Malthus?…”
Get full text

Digital cognitive technologies epistemology and the knowledge economy /

Table of Contents: “…Politicization of sociotechnical spaces of collective cognition: the practice of public wikis / Serge PROULX & Anne GOLDENBERG -- 21. Liasing using a multi-agent system / Maxime MORGE -- PART VIII. IS " SOCIO-INFORMATICS " POSSIBLE?…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view