WRITING SOCIAL SCIENCE: A Personal Narrative

CONTENTS Making a beginning: By way of introduction What should you have before venturing to write? Starting to write What one should write Where to publish your work Writing the paper/book as a professional commitment Objectives, research questions, hypotheses, and methods used Discussion of data Imaginary facts Stating truth, owning facts Writing conclusion References / bibliography / notes Revising, editing, and seeking comments from peers Ethics and plagiarism By way of conclusion Appendix I: Social Science Knowledge and Its Evaluation: Discourse of Book Reviews Appendix II: Social Science Research Methods and Knowledge Claims