The Participant-Observer as a Human Being

Observations on the Personal Aspects of Field Work

Bibliographic Data

ID20086598
AuthorsHerbert J Gans (corresponding author)
Year2017
Pages300-138
Publication date2017-07-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueInstitutions and the Person (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203788448-23
OpenAlexW2952657875
ISBN9780203788448
LanguageEN
Citations received15

Sociology is currently undergoing change at a faster rate than almost any other scholarly discipline. Once taught only at the more cosmopolitan universities and confused by many layman with socialism or social work, sociology is now firmly ensconced in the public area. Its annual meetings are covered by newspapers and magazines, its more literate practitioners are writing regularly for sophisticated and even for popular magazines, sociologists are being hired by governmental agencies and private firms, and journalists with undergraduate sociology credits are straining toward sociological analyses in the features they write for the Sunday supplements

Physics · Computer Science · Education, sociology, and vocational training · Engineering · Management and Organizational Studies · Mathematics · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Open DOI