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Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Author's Note -- 1 Zorba the Gay Greek Man -- 2 Identities, Stigma and the Control of Disclosure -- 3 Three Worlds in Collision -- 4 Cypriot Culture and Homosexuality -- 5 Methodological Issues -- 6 The Gay Greek-Cypriot Man in Britain: A Profile -- 7 Epilogue -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 An Overview of Developments in Research Methods Applied to Non-Heterosexual Men -- 2 Researching Religion in LGBTQ Populations -- 3 Researching Bisexuality and Christianity: Locating a Hidden Population and the Use of Reflexivity -- 4 visualizing Experience: Using Creative Research Methods with Members of Sexual and Gender Communities -- 5 Sexual Diaries: Theory, Method and Application -- 6 Linking Social Context to Situational Context in the Study of Non-heterosexual Sexual Experience -- 7 The Challenges of Quantitative Research in Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Psychology -- 8 Depression and Stress, Self-Esteem, and Discrimination in Gay Men Living with HIV: The Case of Cyprus -- 9 Researching (Homo) Sexualities: Working with Military and War Archives -- 10 Through the Narrow Straits: Researching Homophobia and Sexual Oppression in Cyprus -- 11 Non-Indigenous Lesbians and Gay Men Caring for Indigenous Children: An Australian Case Study -- 12 Sexy Subject, Unflattering Questions: Interviewing Partners about Intimacies and Sex -- Index.

Between longer life expectancies and declining birth rates, Europe's elder population is growing into a sizable minority with considerable impact on nations, health systems, and economies--in other words, global implications as well as local and regional ones. Those investing in the health of older adults need a double perspective: the social and clinical complexity of aging and the larger forces shaping these experiences. Aging in European Societies examines aging trends across the continent, analyzing individual and collective variables that affect the lives of older adults, and drawing salient comparisons with other parts of the world. An interdisciplinary panel of experts provides theory, research, and empirical findings (with examples from the UK, Cyprus, Sweden, and others) in key areas such as family and social supports, physical and cognitive changes, dependence and autonomy issues, and living arrangements. The book's wide-net approach offers insights into not only aging, but aging well. And of particular importance, it details approaches to defining and measuring the elusive but crucial concept, quality of life. Included in the coverage: The potential for technology to improve elders' quality of life. Dementia and quality of life issues. Changes in functional ability with aging and over time. Family networks and supports in older age. Factors influencing inequalities in quality of life. Late-life learning in the E.U. Gerontologists, sociologists, health and cross-cultural psychologists, and public health policymakers will welcome Aging in European Societies as a springboard toward continued discussion, new directions for research, and improvements in policy and practice.

After widespread neglect over many years, the study of human sexuality has recently come to the forefront of many of the most important debates in contemporary society and culture. This book addresses seriously the issue of how to improve the methodological basis of research into non-heterosexual sexualities, exploring the key question of what different methodological and theoretical uses of intersectionality contribute to our understandings of non-heterosexual sexualities. Bringing together research from the UK, USA, Europe and Australasia, this innovative collection rethinks traditional methodologies, creating new epistemologies and applying new approaches, whilst critically examining key issues, including communities, identities, relationships, sexualities, homosexual parenthood, fostering, civil marriage, and politics. As such, it will be of interest to researchers, scholars and students across the social sciences and health professionals.

Medical sociology has evolved from being considered as unimportant area of enquiry to being regarded as in the centre of the study of private troubles and public issues. At the present much of what is deemed in sociology as exciting is gaining or contribu

Introduction to Social Research enthält insgesamt zwölf sehr detaillierte und gut zugängliche Kapitel über quantitative, qualitative und mixed-method Ansätze und richtet sich an Personen, die gerade beginnen, sich mit den Sozialwissenschaften zu befassen. In die nun vorgelegte 2. Auflage wurden zahlreiche illustrative Anwendungsbeispiele aufgenommen, die es Studierenden ermöglichen, die Grundlagen sozialwissenschaftlicher Forschung zu verstehen. Ich selbst werde dieses Buch neuen Studentinnen und Studenten als praktische Hilfe für ihre Forschung unbedingt empfehlen.

This paper examines some of the key cultural concepts and relevant historical factors that may shape the development of Anglo-Cypriot gay identity. Accounts of sexual identity experiences provided by second generation Greek and Turkish Cypriot gay men in London are examined in the light of this analysis to explore how these men negotiate Anglo-Cypriot and gay identity. Twenty-eight self-identified second generation Greek and Turkish gay men living in London were recruited by advertising in the gay press, by writing to community groups, and gay groups and organizations and by "snowballing." In-depth face-to-face interviews were conducted with those men recruited through these channels. Data were subjected to interpretative phenomenological analysis. The personal accounts of these men demonstrate that their sexual identity does not always become their primary identity and that different identities are constructed by individuals at different places and times. Most men indicated that the translation of their sexual desires and behaviors into the "political statement" of gay identity is not only difficult but is strongly resisted. Instead they chose to construct their identity in terms of their relationships with their families, their peers at work and other members of their community. The findings of this research may help develop an understanding of the complexities surrounding the "sexual and cultural" identities of Anglo-Cypriot gay men, thereby reinforcing the notion that identity is multiple, contested and contextual.

This paper examines some of the key cultural concepts and relevant historical factors that may shape the development of Anglo-Cypriot gay identity. Accounts of sexual identity experiences provided by second generation Greek and Turkish Cypriot gay men in London are examined in the light of this analysis to explore how these men negotiate Anglo-Cypriot and gay identity. Twenty-eight self-identified second generation Greek and Turkish gay men living in London were recruited by advertising in the gay press, by writing to community groups, and gay groups and organizations and by "snowballing." In-depth face-to-face interviews were conducted with those men recruited through these channels. Data were subjected to interpretative phenomenological analysis. The personal accounts of these men demonstrate that their sexual identity does not always become their primary identity and that different identities are constructed by individuals at different places and times. Most men indicated that the translation of their sexual desires and behaviors into the "political statement" of gay identity is not only difficult but is strongly resisted. Instead they chose to construct their identity in terms of their relationships with their families, their peers at work and other members of their community. The findings of this research may help develop an understanding of the complexities surrounding the "sexual and cultural" identities of Anglo-Cypriot gay men, thereby reinforcing the notion that identity is multiple, contested and contextual.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 Literature review: Experiencing chronic illness -- 2 Social survey: Diabetes type I and type II -- 3 Qualitative interviews: Thalassaemia -- 4 Focus groups: Multiple sclerosis -- 5 Observation: Haemodialysis -- 6 Longitudinal study: Heart disease -- 7 Using the Internet: HIV/AIDS -- 8 Secondary data research: Mental illness -- 9 Combining quantitative and qualitative research methods: Alzheimer's disease -- 10 Ethics in research: Breast cancer -- Index.