Overview

This text teaches students how standard methods can be adapted toward critical ends by thinking about the links between epistemology and methodology. Joey Sprague's treatment of qualitative and quantitative methods shows how both can be used effectively by progressive researchers. She traces how the social organization of the academy has produced a bias against feminist methodology and proposes a program to overcome these limitations.

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This is the best book on feminist methodologies in sociology and the social sciences to come along in some time. Although the book is accessibly written and suitable for a text, it is never the less a sophisticated discussion why methodology matters and how it affects the impact of social science research on society. Sprague defends the social scientific project and then proceeds to show us how to engage in this project in a manner that embodies feminist values while producing first rate social scientific knowledge. Avoiding polemics, Sprague charts a clear, carefully reasoned argument that resists easy answers to questions such as the qualitative/ quantitative split, the issue of relativism, or of subjectivity. Instead, she offers a nuanced critique of both qualitative and quantitative methods and develops a carefully reasoned strategy for doing high quality, useful social research that also furthers fairness and justice in society.--Cecilia L. Ridgeway

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Joey Sprague is professor of sociology at University of Kansas.

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