Edited by Seymour (U. of Sydney Business School, Australia), this research handbook, written with early career researchers in mind, explores research methods with particular relevance for the
context and phenomena of social entrepreneurship. The ten included chapters are organized around four broad themes (although specific methods and approaches are addressed in each chapter):
＂curiosity,＂ with discussion of the general contours of social entrepreneurship and the philosophies of science that impact its study; ＂posture,＂ meaning the research strategy or position that
helps determine associated research methods whether they be with regards to sources of data, participation or involvement in the project, and scope of study; ＂gathering＂ of data for such
research activities as social network analysis, discourse analysis, and the quantitative methods associated with large data sets; and ＂voice＂ of the researcher. Annotation ©2012 Book News,
Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
