Creative Problem Solving in the Field

Cornell University

• chapter 1 About the Authorchapter 2 Prefacechapter 3 Gaining Access to the Fieldchapter 4 Systematizing Participant Observationchapter 5 Interviewing in the Fieldchapter 6 Facts, Interpretations, and Ethics in Qualitative Inquirychapter 7 Transactional Relationshipschapter 8 Money and Motivationchapter 9 Socio-Technical Systemschapter 10 Studying Cultures and Intercultural Relationschapter 11 On Combining Research Methodschapter 12 On History: How the Past Shapes Present and Futurechapter 13 Learning from Mondragonchapter 14 Sociology as Social Sciencechapter 15 Methods for Doing Appliedchapter 16 Combining Consulting and Applied Social Researchchapter 17 A Vision for Sociology and Societychapter 18 Referenceschapter 19 Index

It is an impressive narration of one person's life work, a narrative that is driven by a particular vision of the good sociologist and also the good society.