This is an immensely important and useful contribution to teaching and learning about social science research. The timing of this book could not be better. Social science education and research in Sri Lanka is under assault and is generally perceived to be of low quality and relevance.
This book will be extremely beneficial for challenging some of perceptions. More importantly, it challenges the social science research culture, especially Sri Lanka; it shows the diverse theoretical and philosophical foundations of social science research and forces us to look beyond the positivist tradition of research that has been dominant for far too long. It’s readable and accessible to all interested in research, and takes the reader from the theoretical and philosophical debates that informed social science research to a discussion on methodologies and methods. It is certain that this book will earn valuable place on the bookshelves of generations of social science researches.
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