Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. 1. Introduction 1
6. 2. An Archeology of Research-Ethics Review 20
7. 3. The Criticisms of Research-Ethics Review 39
8. 4. What Is the Normative Ethics Framework for Social Researchers? 55
9. 5. Structure and Composition of Research-Ethics Committees 74
10. 6. The Moral Cosmology of the Ethics-Review World 97
11. 7. Procedural Routines: The Application Form and the Consent Form 122
12. 8. The Meeting: Making Agendas and Decisions 144
13. 9. An Idiosyncratic and Inconsistent World: Communications between REBs and Researchers 176
14. 10. The Underlife of Research-Ethics Review: Preparing an Application 199
15. 11. Secondary Adjustments by Researchers 223
16. 12. The Beleaguered Methods 236
17. 13. On Theory, Topics, and Favoured Methods 258
18. 14. Macro-Structural Linkages 274
19. 15 Will the Social Sciences Wither Away or Is There an Alternative? 286
20. Appendix A: Methodology 293
21. Appendix B: Applications Considered Annually by Selected Research Ethics Boards in Canada 303
22. Appendix C: Samples of Communications from Ethics Committees to Researchers 305
23. Appendix D: Interview Guides 317
24. Notes 321
25. References 339
26. Index 359