Getting the Most Out of the Research Experience

PART ONE: THE RESEARCHER / The Conduct of Research / What is Research? / What is a 'Researcher'? / Images of Sociology and the Sociologist / Research Roles and Researcher Characteristics / PART TWO: RESEARCH STYLES ROLES AND CONTEXTS / Styles of Research - Qualitative and Quantitative Research Experience / The Status and Stance of Styles of Research / How important is being a researcher to you? / Where do research topics come from? / Networking - research as market/research as friendship / The Search for Funds / Research Relations in Different Social Settings / Competing Research Roles / PART THREE: THE 'EMOTIONAL' ASPECTS OF RESEARCH / Research and 'Emotional Labour' / 'Reflexivity' and the Research Experience / Everyday Life Skills in Research / Experiential Distraction / Working with Others in Research / Subjective Support / Overcoming Isolation / Dealing with Anxiety and Stress / PART FOUR: ENTERING THE RESEARCH - THE PRESENTATION OF THE RESEARCHER'S SELF / The Researcher's Self in Research / Sociological Imagination and Research Practice / Early Days in Research / Reasons to Research / The PhD Experience / Research 'Hold-ups' / PART FIVE:INTERPRETATION IN RESEARCH / The Researcher-as-Interpreter/Theorist / The Research Diary / Data and yet More Data / Organising Interpretations and New Ideas / PART SIX: WRITING RESEARCH / Academic Writing as a Genre / New Writing Practices and Representation / Writing and Relations with Others / Research Autobiographies and Auto/ethnography. / The Researcher Account and 'Confessions' / 'Writing Up' Research / Writing Blockages / Writing for an Audience / PART SEVEN:DISSEMINATION / What is 'Research Dissemination'? / Dissemination and Audience Issues / The Doctoral Thesis / The Research Report and Briefing / The Conference Paper / Articles in Books and Journals / Books - Proposals and Publishers / The Internet / Research and Teaching - the use of research in the classroom / PART EIGHT:REACTION TO RESEARCH / Reactions to Research Dissemination / 'Self' and Audience Reactions to Research / Feedback on Journal and Article Submission / PART NINE: WHAT NEXT IN MY RESEARCH? / End of the 'Adventure' - what next? / Academic Labour and its Organisation / Professional and Personal Identities in the Conduct of Research / Rewriting the CV / The Researcher's Life/Life as Research Career - in Academia? / PART TEN: CONCLUSION - THE RESEARCHER'S EXPERIENCE OF RESEARCH / Researcher Experience in Research / Researcher Experience and the Emotions / Researcher Insights and Reflections / Orientations to the Researched Revisited /