Social Research in Developing Countries: Surveys and Censuses in the Third World

Martin Blumer, Donald P. Warwick

UCL Press, 1993 - Social Science - 383 pages

This paperback edition of an established text aims to deliver key information on social research methods in developing countries. It deals with the particular problems of carrying out social surveys and censuses in the Third World, which differ significantly from research in Western Europe or North America.; This book makes the difference clear, particularly in the areas of research design, sampling, data collection and the social context of research. The contributors are social scientists from a range of disciplines in 12 countries, all with firsthand practical experience of research in Asia, Africa or Latin America. They provide a guide to the pitfalls and possiblities of empirical research and pay attention to methodological marriages and to ethical and political problems. The formulation and implementation of policies for development depends on information as much as on social ideals or political objectives. This volume offers an account of social research methods and practice which facilitate the effective collection and productive use of accurate information.; The book is designed to appeal to students and teachers in development studies, sociology, economics, geography, political science and social statistics, and in applied fields such as planning, agricultural economics, education, health, housing and social welfare. It is also aimed at research workers in government, academic institutes and the voluntary sector in the Third World.

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I disagree with several unscientific generalisations made in the pages up to 42 which I was limited to by the website. I am a Zimbabwean post-graduate based in London since 2001 therefore with a fair understanding of English culture and British way of life, and find some of the things said in that part of the book very superficial, patronising, ignorant and not serious academic reading. For instance, the assumptions about the so-called developing world are far fetched exaggerated and misrepresenting both facts on the ground and social science knowledge with respect to other cultures and how research should be conducted in the first place..
Generalisations and uninformed comments made about national censuses, field research, sensitive topics e.g. about fertility and intellectuals in developing countries not knowing their own rural people and so on are too simplistic if not unethical statements to make about other people who have welcomed you in their homes. I would like to challenge the authors of this book to a peaceful academic debate at a properly organised seminar to prove a lot of their generalisations as wrong and misleading apart from being unfair to say of other people just because of cultural differences.
For anyone who wants decent debate via a conference than email, I can be contacted at: zimanalysis2009@googlemail.com. I would be pleased to prepare a properly researched seminar paper.
Clifford Chitupa Mashiri

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About the author (1993)

Martin Bulmer is Foundation Fund Professor of Sociology at the University of Surrey. He is the editor of Ethnic and Racial Studies, in which he has been involved since 1988. His most recent book is Citizenship Today, edited with Tony Rees (1996) and he is Academic Director of the Question Bank, part
of the ESRC Centre for Applied Social Surveys, established in 1995. He has wide experience of editing and publishing in British social science, and previously held a social policy appointment at LSE for 17 years, where he taught the main undergraduate course in race and ethnic relations for many
years.
John Solomos is Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Southampton, before which he was Reader in Public Policy, Birkbeck College, London, and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Research on Ethnic Relations, University of Warwick. He has researched and written widely on the
politics of race and social change, the development of new forms of racism in contemporary Euro

DONALD P. WARWICK is an Institute Fellow at the Harvard Institute for International Development and teaches in Harvard's Department of Sociology and Graduate School of Education.

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Title	Social Research in Developing Countries: Surveys and Censuses in the Third World Social development in the Third World
Editors	Martin Blumer, Donald P. Warwick
Contributor	Martin Blumer
Edition	illustrated, reprint
Publisher	UCL Press, 1993
ISBN	1857281373, 9781857281378
Length	383 pages
Subjects	Social Science › Sociology › General Social Science / Research Social Science / Sociology / General

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