Review: Guinea-Martin, Daniel (Ed.) (2012). Trucos del oficio de investigador: Casos prácticos de investigación social [Tricks of the Trade: On Social Science Research Practices]

Authors

  • Georg T. A. Krizmanics Universidad Complutense Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-15.1.2003

Keywords:

handbook of methods, methodological debate, research design, context of justification, self representation of scientists, quality standards of science

Abstract

"Trucos del oficio de investigador" [Tricks of the Trade] is a handbook on qualitative and quantitative social science methods in which 12 scientists intend to demystify social science research practices by sharing their "tricks" of their research practices. They illustrate their way of working through the research process by reflecting on their own research cases within qualitative and quantitative social science. The authors show that doing research is not so much about originality as it is about hard work. Drawing from the saying that failure is the basis for success, they speak revealingly about their failures and how they engendered their stories of success. These experienced scientists invite the reader to observe their way of doing research while doing it. The authors' openness concerning their own research practices is an appeal to a confidential student-teacher relationship in order to help to undermine the classical student-teacher relationship, by revealing the fallibility of the teacher. This is a step in the democratization of the methodological debate in the social sciences.

URN: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs140153

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Author Biography

Georg T. A. Krizmanics, Universidad Complutense Madrid

Georg T.A. KRIZMANICS es doctorando del Instituto Universitario de Investigación Ortega y Gasset y de la Universidad Complutense en Madrid. En Abril de 2013 se incorporó con una beca de Formación del Profesorado Universitario (FPU), concedida por el Ministerio Español de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, al Departamento de Historia de la Comunicación Social en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Información de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Sus líneas de trabajo tratan clases medias y partidos de derecha en América Latina y Europa y políticas públicas de memoria en la Comunidad Iberoamericana de Naciones.

Published

2013-11-15

How to Cite

Krizmanics, G. T. A. (2013). Review: Guinea-Martin, Daniel (Ed.) (2012). Trucos del oficio de investigador: Casos prácticos de investigación social [Tricks of the Trade: On Social Science Research Practices]. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-15.1.2003

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FQS Reviews