An important book by researchers from across disciplinesintroducing varying ideas on research, important in these days ofinter-disciplinary and multi-centered investigation.
The book introduces academics to new areas of endeavour andencourages researchers and students to think broadly when devisingtheir studies. Linking chapters present the contributions in anhistorical and theoretical context, identifying the themes betweenthe approaches, and encourages new thinking about old problems.Includes contributions from leading researchers across thequantitative-qualitative spectrum, from marine biology tospirituality.
With funding under increasing pressure, the different views willhelp departments form new alliances and encourage interdisciplinaryworking.
John Atkinson
""A celebration of research approaches" is an apt and accurate depiction of the debate laid before the reader of this text." (Accident and Emergency Nursing Journal, October 2007)
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