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SCSR2622 -Recommended reading

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  1. Babbie, E. (2016). The practice of social research (14th ed.). Cengage
  2. The practice of social research [electronic resource] / Earl Babbie. (2021)

  3. Barnes, B. R. (2018). Decolonising research methodologies: Opportunity and caution. South African Journal of Psychology, 48(3), 379-387

  4. Chilisa, B. (2012). Indigenous research methodologies. Chapters 1 and 4. Sage ( PRINT BOOK ON ORDER)

  5. Hart, M. A. (2010). Indigenous worldviews, knowledge, and research: The development of an indigenous research paradigm. Journal of Indigenous Voices in Social Work, 1(1), 1-16

  6. Guesthood as ethical decolonising research method

  7. Decolonising research methodologies: lessons from a qualitative research project, Cape Town, South Africa.

  8. Kumar, R. (2011). Research methodology: A step by step guide for beginners. Sage (PRINT BOOK ON ORDER)

  9. Mearsheimer, J. J., & Walt, S. M. (2013). Leaving theory behind: Why simplistic hypothesis testing is bad for International Relations. European Journal of International Relations, 19(3), 427–457

  10. Nortje, N., Visagie, R., & Wessels, J. S. (2019). Social science research ethics in Africa

  11. Oyebade, B. (1990). African Studies and the Afrocentric Paradigm: A Critique. Afrocentricity, 21(2), 233-238

  12. Seehawer, M. K. (2018). Decolonising research in a Sub-Saharan African context: exploring Ubuntu as a foundation for research methodology, ethics and agenda. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 21(4), 453-466

  13. Wagner, C., Kawulich B., & Garner, M. (2012). Doing social research: A global context. McGraw-Hill.

  14. Waltz, K. N. (1997). Evaluating theories. The American Political Science Review, 91(4), 913–917

  15. DeCarlo, M. (2018). Scientific inquiry in social work. PressBooks.

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