Methodological and epistemological problems in the sociological study of foreign immigration
The aim of this paper is to identify and to analyze the main technical and methodological difficulties faced by the sociological research on immigration carried out in Spain during the last years. More concretely, what is sought is to figure out the epistemological assumptions which support the soci...
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| author | Ramón Llopis Goig |
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| description | The aim of this paper is to identify and to analyze the main technical and methodological difficulties faced by the sociological research on immigration carried out in Spain during the last years. More concretely, what is sought is to figure out the epistemological assumptions which support the social research practices that generate the mentioned techno-methodological problems. For that, firstly, we study some problems generated in the sociological study of immigration as a consequence of the prevalence, in the field of the practices of social research, of a neopositivist methodology, what we have called «public opinion syndrome». Secondly, we examine the difficulties derived from the necessity of considering «empirical reflexivity» methodologically. And thirdly, we present the derived difficulties of the implicit assumption of a «methodological nationalism». These analyses are supplemented with several reflections leading to the establishment of guidelines for the design and the implementation of future research |
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| spelling | doaj.art-052dc07f512c499c811466cd0bb2c91f2022-12-22T00:55:53ZspaUniversidad Pontificia ComillasMigraciones1138-57742341-08332014-11-010221912201375Methodological and epistemological problems in the sociological study of foreign immigrationRamón Llopis Goig0Universidad de ValenciaThe aim of this paper is to identify and to analyze the main technical and methodological difficulties faced by the sociological research on immigration carried out in Spain during the last years. More concretely, what is sought is to figure out the epistemological assumptions which support the social research practices that generate the mentioned techno-methodological problems. For that, firstly, we study some problems generated in the sociological study of immigration as a consequence of the prevalence, in the field of the practices of social research, of a neopositivist methodology, what we have called «public opinion syndrome». Secondly, we examine the difficulties derived from the necessity of considering «empirical reflexivity» methodologically. And thirdly, we present the derived difficulties of the implicit assumption of a «methodological nationalism». These analyses are supplemented with several reflections leading to the establishment of guidelines for the design and the implementation of future researchhttps://revistas.upcomillas.es/index.php/revistamigraciones/article/view/1516Problemas epistemológicosProblemas metodológicosNacionalismo metodológicoReflexividad metodológicaSíndrome de Opinión Pública |
| spellingShingle | Ramón Llopis Goig Methodological and epistemological problems in the sociological study of foreign immigration Migraciones Problemas epistemológicos Problemas metodológicos Nacionalismo metodológico Reflexividad metodológica Síndrome de Opinión Pública |
| title | Methodological and epistemological problems in the sociological study of foreign immigration |
| title_full | Methodological and epistemological problems in the sociological study of foreign immigration |
| title_fullStr | Methodological and epistemological problems in the sociological study of foreign immigration |
| title_full_unstemmed | Methodological and epistemological problems in the sociological study of foreign immigration |
| title_short | Methodological and epistemological problems in the sociological study of foreign immigration |
| title_sort | methodological and epistemological problems in the sociological study of foreign immigration |
| topic | Problemas epistemológicos Problemas metodológicos Nacionalismo metodológico Reflexividad metodológica Síndrome de Opinión Pública |
| url | https://revistas.upcomillas.es/index.php/revistamigraciones/article/view/1516 |
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