The Practice of Social Research

Chapter Three.  The Ethics and Politics of Social Research

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ETHICAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL RESEARCH
    Voluntary Participation
    No Harm to the Participants
    Anonymity and Confidentiality
    Deception
    Analysis and Reporting
    Institutional Review Boards
    A Professional Code of Ethics
TWO ETHICAL CONTROVERSIES
    Trouble in the Tearoom
    Observing Human Obedience
THE POLITICS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH
    Objectivity and Ideology
    Politics with a Little "p"
    Politics in Perspective