Jennifer Mason and Angela Dale's book seeks to set out cutting-edge developments in the field of social research and to encourage students and researchers to consider ways of learning from different approaches and perspectives in such a way as to make their own research richer, more insightful and more rewarding.

Creative Tensions in Social Research: Questions of Method - Jennifer Mason and Angela Dale PART ONE: RESEARCHING RELATIONSHIPS AND PERSONAL LIFEExperimenting with Qualitative Methods: Researching Family Resemblance - Jennifer Mason and Katherine DaviesUsing Psychoanalytic Methodology in Psychosocial Research: Researching Brothers - Stephen Frosh and Lisa Saville YoungUsing Biographical and Longitudinal Methods: Researching Mothering - Rachel ThomsonUsing Social Network Analysis: Researching Relational Structure - Nick CrossleyUsing Survey Data: Researching Families and Households - Angela DalePART TWO: RESEARCHING PLACE Ethnographies of Place: Researching the Road - Penny Harvey and Hannah Knox Using Sociotechnical Methods: Researching Human-Technological Dynamics in the City - Simon Guy and Andrew Karvonen Using Participatory, Observational and 'Rapid Appraisal' Methods: Researching Health and Illness - Sarah Salway, Kaveri Harriss and Punita Chowbey Innovative Ways of Mapping Data about Places - Danny Dorling and Dimitris Ballas PART THREE: RESEARCHING CHANGE Using Archived Qualitative Data: Researching Socio-cultural Change - Mike SavageWhat's History Got to Do with It? Researching Sexual Histories - Jeffrey WeeksUsing Qualitative Methods to Complement Randomized Controlled Trials: Researching Mental-Health Interventions - Anne RogersExploring the Narrative Potential of Cohort Data and Event History Analysis - Jane ElliottUsing Longitudinal Survey Data: Researching Changing Health in Later Life - James Nazroo