Researching the Lifecourse: Critical Reflections from the Social Sciences

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Lifecourse research is undertaken by researchers from across the social sciences, often working in a multi-disciplinary context, using the lifecourse as an underpinning concept and/or a method of study. This book represents the diversity of lifecourse methodologies employed in the social sciences; as well as having a concern for epistemology - how different knowledge claims are connected to our research practices.

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  Researching the lifecourse: Critical reflections from the social sciences

  • 2016-06-01
  • 240 pages
  • Ebook
  • Policy Press

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