Sean McNelis

Making Progress in Housing

A Framework for Collaborative Research

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a new approach to housing research, one that is relevant to all the social sciences. Housing research is diverse and operates across many disciplines, approaches and methods making collaboration difficult. This book outlines a methodological framework that enables researchers from many different fields to collaborate in solving complex and seemingly intractable housing problems. It shows how we can make progress in housing research and deliver better housing outcomes through an integrated approach. Drawing on the work of renowned Canadian methodologist, philosopher, theologian and economist, Bernard Lonergan (1904-1984), McNelis outlines a framework for collaborative research: Functional Collaboration. This new form of collaboration divides up the work of housing research into functional specialties. These distinguish eight inter-related questions that arise in the process of moving from the current housing situation through to providing practical advice to decision-makers. To answer each question a different method is required. Making progress in housing is the result of finding new answers to this complete set of eight inter-related questions. This approach to collaboration opens up a new discourse on method in housing and social research as well as new debates on progress and the nature of science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780415703468
• ISBN-10: 0415703468
• Artikelnr.: 39354528

Autorenporträt

Sean McNelis has over 30 years' experience in housing management, housing policy and housing research. He is a research fellow at The Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction PART I: CONTEXT 1. Making Progress in Housing: Problems,
Questions and Issues 2. Functional Collaboration: Origins, Initial
Description and Searchings 3. Towards a scientific approach to housing
research PART II: THE FUNCTIONAL SPECIALTIES 4. Research as the Functional
Specialty answering the empirical question 5. Interpretation as the
Functional Specialty answering the theoretical question 6. History as the
Functional Specialty answering the historical question 7. Dialectic as the
Functional Specialty answering the evaluative/critical question 8. The
Implementation Functional Specialties PART III: FUNCTION COLLABORATION: A
FRAMEWORK FOR COLLABORATIVE HOUSING RESEARCH 9. From Functional Specialties
to Functional Collaboration Conclusion