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Introduction: the foundations of ethnography; Ethnography and research design; Sites, cases and participants; In the field: observation, conversation and documentation; Field roles and relationships; Managing and analyzing ethnographic data; Representation and the writing of ethnography; The future(s) of ethnography.

This book provides a variety of sociological frameworks for understanding contemporary social policy. It explores how sociological perspectives may be used to theorize, conceptualize and research social policy. Amanda Coffey captures the different ways in which social policy can be understood - as academic discipline, policy process, service provision and lived experience. The book engages with a range of policy areas and client groups, and pays attention to sociodemographic categories such as gender, 'race', class and age

Studies have revealed that organizational commitment is often managed through symbolism. This paper focuses upon how time is used in an organizational context, symbolically and pragmatically, to demonstrate and demand commitment by new members. The paper draws upon data collected as part of a qualitative project on the occupational and organizational socialization of graduate accountants. Ethnographic fieldwork was carried out in a regional office of an international firm of chartered accountants in the United Kingdom. One aspect of the data analysis revealed that the management and utilization of time is central to understanding the socializing function of the accountancy firm, and to the ultimate organizational success of the graduate accountants.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- Notes on editors and contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Masculinity in prison -- 2. Coping with pit closure in the 1990s: Women's perspectives -- 3. From 'honorary chap' to mother: Combining work in the professions with motherhood -- 4. Childish things: Men, ageing and violence -- 5. Chance to choice: Two generations of reproductive decision making -- 6. In the company of other women: A case study of menopause support groups -- 7. Focus groups, young people and sex education -- 8. Men and feminist research -- 9. Time for feminist approaches to technology, 'nature' and work