Description: Explores the study of communities as a method of social research and outlines key methodological issues, considering new ways of researching modern communities.
Brief description: Graham Crow is Professor of Sociology and Methodology at the University of Edinburgh and Co-Investigator of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods.
Review Quotes:
"This brief gem of a book is an essential read for students of community studies at all levels. With great care and precision, Crow outlines key features of community studies past and present, providing a critical framework for both understanding and doing dynamic, relevant community studies today." --Luke Eric Lassiter, Director, Graduate Humanities Program, Marshall University Graduate College, USA
"Graham Crow's new book is a hymn to sociological studies of community. This focused and precise volume is aperfect first-step in understanding the long history of community studies, the key debates surrounding the approach, and a guide to the lessons previous community researchers have learnt." --Jon Dean in Cultural Sociology