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The Geographical Mobility, Preferences and Pleasures of Prolific Punters: a Demonstration Study of the Activities of Prostitutes' Clients

Soothill, Keith; Sanders, Teela - In: Sociological Research Online 10 (2005) 1

Clients of prostitutes have been traditionally neglected in the study of prostitution. This demonstration study … contributes additional knowledge about prostitution at several levels: first, a microanalysis of a small sample of clients … onto the hidden world of prostitution in late modernity which in turn reveals some organisational features of prostitution …

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Socio-Cultural Risk? Reporting on a Qualitative Study with Female Street-Based Sex Workers

Leaker, Mary; Dunk-West, Priscilla - In: Sociological Research Online 16 (2011) 4, pp. 9-9

Risk narratives are of increasing importance in contemporary social life in that they help in understanding and anticipating the shifts that characterise our late modern landscape. Our qualitative research explores risk as it relates to violence toward street-based sex workers in a suburban...

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Trees Don't Talk: A Methodological Account of a Forest Sociologist in Mexico

Mitchell, Ross - In: Sociological Research Online 9 (2011) 1

This paper examines personal experience as both a sociologist and forester collecting data in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico. It builds on writings where researchers have taken an introspective or auto/biographical approach to problematizing their own involvement. My findings illustrate...

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The Piano in the Parlour: Methodological Issues in the Conduct of a Restudy

Davies, Charlotte Aull; Charles, Nickie - In: Sociological Research Online 7 (2002) 2

AbstractAlthough re-studies are relatively rare in sociological research, they can be very valuable resources for understanding social change. However, they also raise methodological questions about the validity of comparison given the inevitable changes in both social and analytical contexts...

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Mixed Communities Require Mixed Theories: Using Mills to Broaden Goffman's Exploration of Identity Within the GBLT Communities

Hoxsey, Dann - In: Sociological Research Online 13 (2008) 1, pp. 10-10

The central objective of this paper is to attempt to counter an overly-rigid theoretical approach in data analysis. Implicit in the push to identify and follow one proper theoretical stream is the idea that one\'s particular theoretical approach will always be plausible and contains an inherent...

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The Sociology of Lesbian and Gay Reflexivity or Reflexive Sociology?

Heaphy, Brian - In: Sociological Research Online 13 (2008) 1, pp. 9-9

This article is concerned with sociological conceptualisations of lesbian and gay sexualities as reflexive forms of existence, and identifies core problems with these. Our sociological narratives about lesbian and gay reflexivity tend to be partial in two senses. First, they talk about and...

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Consciousness in Transition: A Case Study of Social Identity Formation in KwaZulu-Natal Study Description and Methodology

Marcus, T; Manicom, Desireé - In: Sociological Research Online 4 (2000) 4

tries to document the research process; its methodology and the instruments which were used and developed in order to engage …

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Can't Talk, Won't Talk?: Methodological Issues in Researching Children

Harden, Jeni; Scott, Sue; Backett-Milburn, Kathryn; … - In: Sociological Research Online 5 (2000) 2

In this paper we explore some current issues in, what has come to be called, the new sociology of childhood and how these relate to the process of researching children's lives in general, and to our own research in particular. We discuss the developmental model of childhood, before going on to...

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Researching Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Christians and Muslims: Some Thematic Reflections

Yip, Andrew K. T. - In: Sociological Research Online 13 (2008) 1, pp. 5-5

This paper highlights some thematic reflections primarily based on two empirical research projects on lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) Christians and Muslims. It begins by discussing reflexivity by way of contextualising the subsequent exploration of specific themes. This is followed by a...

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Hypermedia and Ethnography: Reflections on the Construction of a Research Approach

Dicks, Bella; Mason, Bruce - In: Sociological Research Online 3 (1998) 3, pp. 3-3

Current interest in ethnography within social research has focused on its potential to offer insights into the complexity of the social world. There have increasingly been calls for ethnography to reflect this complexity more adequately. Two aspects of ethnographic enquiry have been particularly...

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