This comprehensive guide demystifies the graduate-level research process, from selecting a topic to writing a dissertation. It covers proposal writing, research methods, and editing, while addressing emotional challenges and social dynamics. Each chapter includes an action plan with exercises to enhance your academic journey.
With examples from real theses, useful action plans in each chapter and a range of practical tips that are often missed in other books, this is a step- by-step guide to help you excel in your Master's dissertation.
Focusing on contemporary social theory, this book introduces influential sociologists and their insights into the interplay between society and religion. It explores key analyses that shape our understanding of these critical themes, offering readers a comprehensive overview of modern sociological thought.
There is a growing interest in ordinary people’s life stories. This book provides a detailed analysis of eight Norwegian women and men and their stories about their lives. It focuses on their construction of images of self, society, religion and morality. In spite of a majority Lutheran church, Norwegians are demonstrating new ways of accepting and celebrating religious variety. There is a strong emphasis on self in contemporary culture and an increasing tendency to shift from objective to subjective ordering of experiences. Whereas the older generation speaks about religious traditions as a duty and a quest for truth , the younger generation views religion to be something that corresponds to their true self . Gender also structures religion in contemporary Norway. Women are more religious than men, and women and men speak about religion in different ways. While women focus on religion as a source of meaning in their lives, men tend to describe religion as a moral factor. This book is based on a combination of survey data and life stories. It offers an analysis of the complexity of religion and culture, and the changing face of religion in contemporary Norway.