0 Combining qualitative and quantitative approaches : an overview / Julia Brannen -- Deconstructing the qualitative-quantitative divide / Martyn Hammersley -- Quantitative and qualitative research : further reflections on their integration / Alan Bryman -- The relationships between quantitative and qualitative approaches in social policy research / Roger Bullock, Michael Little and Spencer Millham -- Integrating methods in applied research in social policy : a case study of carers / Hazel Qureshi -- Combining quantitative and qualitative methods : a case study of the implementation of the Open College policy / Margaret Bird -- Multiple methods in the study of household resource allocation / Heather Laurie.