The Sociology of Near Misses: A Methodological Framework For Studying Events That ‘Almost Happened’
| Autor: | Garry C. Gray |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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education.field_of_study
Focus (computing) Data collection Sociology and Political Science 05 social sciences Population Face (sociological concept) Social environment Near miss Data science 0506 political science Knowledge production Order (exchange) 050602 political science & public administration 050501 criminology Sociology education 0505 law |
| Zdroj: | Canadian Journal of Sociology. 43:171-190 |
| ISSN: | 1710-1123 0318-6431 |
| Popis: | Near miss research shifts the conceptual focus away from the negative outcome of events to the study of everyday close calls and represents an alternative pathway into knowledge production. The discipline of sociology is well suited for the study of near misses given its focus on social context, social meanings, and analyzing social interactions and patterns of group behaviour. This article discusses the challenges that researchers will face when conducting near miss research as well as different near miss data collection strategies. A comparison of two unique near miss data sets, on the same population, is also provided in order to illustrate that different methodologies capture different types of near miss information. Near misses represent an untapped area of research not yet fully explored by sociologists and social scientists. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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