<strong>Using Documents in Social Research</strong> offers a comprehensive yet conciseintroduction to the use of documents as tools within social science resear... » 

Using Documents in Social Research offers a comprehensive yet conciseintroduction to the use of documents as tools within social science research.The books argues that documents stand in a dualrelation to human activity andtherefore by transmitting ideas and influencing the course and nature of humanactivity they are integral to the research process.Key features of the book include Alerts students to the diversity of social scientific research documents. Outlines the various strategies and debates that need to be considered inorder to integrate the study of documents into a research project. Offers a number of examples where documents have been used within a varietyof research contexts.The book is written in an easy and engaging style which makes it accessible toundergraduates and postgraduate students. It will be essential reading forstudents and researchers across a range of social science disciplines. «