factors influencing choice of topic
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- Created on: 15-02-16 18:19
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- Factors influencing choice of topic
- The sociologists perspective
- A New Right researcher may study the effects of welfare benefits on the growth of lone parents. In contrast a feminist researcher is more likely to choose to study domestic violence, as opposition to gender oppression.
- Society's values
- These values change and so does the focus of research. Today's environmentalist concerns have generated interest in 'green crimes' such as toxic waste dumping
- Practical factors
- Such as the inaccessibility of certain situations to the researcher, may also restrict what topic they are able to study
- Funding bodies
- These are bodies which give funding for research such as government agencies, the economic and social research council, charities and businesses, it will determine the topic to be investigated
- The sociologists perspective
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