This volume presents a comprehensive overview of methodological issues and empirical methods of
practice-oriented research. It examines questions regarding the scope and boundaries of
practice-oriented approaches and practice theory. It discusses the potential advantages and
disadvantages of the diversity resulting from the use of these approaches as well as method
and methodology-related issues. The specific questions explored in this volume are: What
consequences are linked to the application of a praxeological perspective in empirical research
when it comes to the choice of methods? Is there such a thing as an ideal path to follow in
praxeological empirical research? What relationship is there between qualitative and
quantitative approaches? What differentiates practice-based social research from other
perspectives and approaches such as discourse analysis or hermeneutics? The contributions in
this book discuss these questions either from a methodological point of view or from a
reflective perspective on empirical research practices.
