A Practical Guide to Dissertation and Thesis Writing 1st edition by Ian Smith, Mark Stephan Felix ISBN 1527536815 978-1527536814

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ISBN 10: 1527536815

ISBN 13: 978-1527536814

Author: Ian Smith, Mark Stephan Felix

This book provides a step-by-step guide to writing the different chapters of a PhD dissertation, which will benefit aspiring, beginner and mid-track PhD students and candidates in the Social Sciences. Based on the authors’ combined experience of working with both Masters and PhD students through the dissertation writing process, it offers helpful writing guidelines, from the conceptualization and problematization of the dissertation through to the literature review, methodological issues, writing up results and, finally, to the discussion, conclusions and abstract writing process. With chapters dedicated to offering guidelines, suggestions and pitfalls to watch out for, this book will assist PhD students and candidates in the fields of the various Social Sciences with exercises and pointers on successfully navigating the writing of a PhD dissertation. It takes the PhD student in the Social Sciences through the maze of writing a dissertation, and provides a step-by-step train of thought throughout the entire writing process.

Table of contents: 

Chapter 1 Getting started: Topics, problems, definitions and making a good start
Chapter 2 How do you choose a research topic?
Chapter 3 Reading, reading, reading: Background to your literature review
Chapter 4 Let’s start with the big “so what?”: Writing your introduction
Chapter 5 Backing up your claims: Writing your literature review
Chapter 6 What is research methodology?
Chapter 7 Defending your proposal
Chapter 8 Getting the fieldwork done
Chapter 9 Sifting through the information: Your results or findings
Chapter 10 Your voice: Presenting your discussion
Chapter 11 The conclusion
Chapter 12 Writing the abstract

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