A guidebook for doctoral students and their advisors, this book provides a map to the many parts of a doctoral thesis - from the statement of the problem, preparation of the proposal, theory, methods, description and interpretations of findings to the conclusions and implications for future research and practice.

Janet Zollinger Giele is Professor Emerita of Sociology, Social Policy, and Women's Studies at Brandeis University. She is the author of Family Policy and the American Safety Net (2013) and Two Paths to Women's Equality (1995), as well as Co-editor of The Craft of Life Course Research (2009) and Methods of Life Course Research (1998).