Researching Families and Relationships Reflections on Process [Paperback]

This collection focuses on the real life experiences of conducting emprical research about families and relationships, with an emphasis on the actualities of doing research and the experiences of being a researcher.Foreword Editors' Biographies Contributors' Biographies Introduction Framing Relationships and Families; D.Morgan Researching Men's Same-Sex Relationships in a Socially-Excluding Context: The Case of Nigeria; D.Allman Researching Social Attitudes towards Families and Relationships; F.Wasoff When a Family is Not a 'Family': The Value of Confusion in Cross-Cultural Research; I.Naumann Losing (my) Autonomy Under the Ethical Committee's Gaze; S.Wilson Where is the Care? Conceptualising and Researching Families' Responsibilities and Work in a Survey; L.McKie  & A.Smith Engaging with Families and Relationships; K.Tisdall Unfamiliar Places and Other People's Spaces: Reflections on the Practical Challenges of Researching Families in their Homes; A .MacLean Researching Children and Families in Schools; J.Spratt Hanging About and Hanging in There: Dilemmas in Managing Research Relationships with Young People; K.Philip Dad Said 'She Won't Talk' & but He Does: Messy Realities of Negotiating Access to Children through Parental Gatekeepers; L.Hill See No Evil, Hear No Evil: Do Children In Distress Take Second Place?; S.Nelson In the Field: Research Relationships; A.Bancroft Only Nodding and Smiling: Reflections on Feelings of Complicity in Interviewing; A.Bell 'I Don't Know Where to Put Myself': The Boundaries of Researcher Roles and Responsibilities; G.Highet Performing Secrecy: Maintaining the Hidden Identity of Research Informants in Public; J.Speirs Keeping it in the Family: Conducting Research Interviews with your own Family Members; J.Seymour Is There a Place for Physical Engagement in the Adult Researcher-Child Participant Research Relationship?; S.Milne Time and Place: In and Beyond 'the Field' Stuart; C.Aitken Second best? Raising the Status of TelÕ