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OverviewDrawing on her long experience as an academic researcher and writer, Ann Oakley develops a sociology of the research process itself, telling the story of how a research project is undertaken and what happens during it, to both researchers and those who are researched. This remarkable book focuses on a topic of great importance in the provision of health services — caring and social support. Setting neglect of this topic in the wider context of an ongoing crisis in gendering knowledge, Social support and motherhood is now reissued for a contemporary audience. It has much resonance for social science researchers and others interested in the experiences of mothers, and in the relations between social research, academic knowledge and public policy. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ann Oakley (UCL Social Research Institute)Publisher: Bristol University Press Imprint: Policy Press ISBN: 9781447349488ISBN 10: 1447349482 Pages: 540 Publication Date: 11 September 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Professional & Vocational , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction; Social Origins; ‘A Friend a Day Keeps the Doctor Away’: Social Support and Health; Sickness in Salonica and Other Stories; Eve in the Garden of Health Research; A Bite of the Apple; Who’s Afraid of the Randomized Controlled Trial?; ‘One of Mummy’s Ladies’; Four Women; ‘Real’ Results; Women at Risk; The Poverty of Research; Models of Knowing and Understanding.ReviewsAuthor InformationAnn Oakley is Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the UCL Institute of Education. A social researcher for more than 50 years, and author of many academic publications, she is also well known for her biography, autobiography and fiction. She founded both the Social Science Research Unit and the EPPI-Centre at the UCL Institute of Education, and has a long-term interest in gender, welfare, and the shaping of public policy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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