This book uniquely illustrates the key concepts and issues involved with recent examples drawn from empirical research, highlighting the practical relevance of difficult theoretical and philosophical concepts to the way in which we think and talk about knowledge both in an everyday and in an academic/ sociological context.
This text has been written for those who might wish to make social scientific inquiry into any form of knowledge. The central focus is on the major epistemological and methodolgical problems in the study of knowledge and how these may be tackled in research.
