SOC SCI 89 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Barney Glaser, Communicative Rationality, Recode
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Barney glaser and anslem strauss developed the theory in 1967. Based or rooted in observation or other qualitative work. Identification of theoretical or conceptual ideas (themes) during the research process. Generate theories, ideas, concepts about the data. Re-code data/selective coding (w/respect to core concepts) Reorganize data and create a theoretical framework that makes sense. Purpose statement, research objective and themes should be related. All pieces of data should fit into some type of organizing theme. Conceptually coherent and at the same level of abstraction. Perceptions about the duck pond vs. meaning assigned to the duck pond. All of the forces (i. e. , social, cultural, etc) that exist outside of the individual and exert an impact on the individual. The capacity of the individual to exert itself on its surroundings, to control its own. Individuals create the social and the social sets the parameters for human agency. How does the tension between structure and agency relate to social policy? destiny.
