Research is at its core concerned with knowledge production and dissemina tion. This
chapter engages with the politics of research and knowledge produc tion by outlining the …

The need for a more critical methodological scholarship has been expressed from various
quarters within the social sciences with little progress towards a cohe sive framework or …

Research is a systematic and objective way of gathering information to enrich the existing
body of knowledge. The way research is conducted in parts of the Global South specifically …

Social science researchers in the global South, and in South Africa particularly, utilise
research methods in innovative ways in order to respond to contexts characterised by …

This 2nd Edition covers all facets of the research process, from finding a topic to
disseminating the results. The subject is placed in the context of the academic scene and …

African studies in South Africa is currently at a crossroads–of making choices in the process
of establishing itself institutionally and reconstituting itself as a discursive and …

Across Sub-Saharan Africa it is evident that humanities and social sciences research is in
urgent need of support. Universities and researchers face many challenges, the results of …

This paper discusses the practicalities of doing social research. It draws on the author's field
experiences in four African countries during postgraduate training. It discusses physical risk …

The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is an
independent organisation whose principal objectives are facilitating research, promoting …

Social science research is focussed mainly on societal concerns and human dynamics. In
scholarly domains such as Public Administration, theory is commonly regarded as the …