Context and Method in Qualitative Research

Inbunden, Engelska, 1997

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Beskrivning

A critical examination of the principles and practice of qualitative research is provided in this book which examines the interplay between context and method, making it invaluable for both the experienced and the beginning researcher.

A range of methodological and practical issues central to the concerns of qualitative researchers are addressed. These include: the validity and plausibility of qualitative methods; the problems encountered using specific techniques in a range of social settings; and the moral issues raised in qualitative research. These themes are related to practical issues which are illustrated by a breadth of examples and in-depth case studies.

The contributors look at the methods and strategies that they have used to study everyday life, and make suggestions to readers on why and how they might conduct their own studies. They raise issues that go beyond `cookbook' discussions of issues such as how to enter social settings, manage the subjects of one's research and ask `good' questions in the process of formulating research strategies. These issues are addressed within the framework of the larger purposes and uses of qualitative research where specific methodological problems are not used as ends in themselves.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-06-17
Mått:156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt:510 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Upplaga:1
Förlag:SAGE Publications
ISBN:9780803976313

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Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

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Robert Dingwall is a consulting sociologist through Dingwall Enterprises Ltd and part-time Professor of Sociology at Nottingham Trent University. He draws on more than forty years’ experience as an academic researcher studying health care, legal services, and science and technology policy at the Universities of Aberdeen, Oxford and Nottingham. Over that time, he has held grants and contracts worth more than £7 million (at 2017 prices) in total from the Leverhulme and Wellcome Trusts, ESRC, NERC, MRC, EPSRC, BBSRC, the EU, the UK Department of Health and various NHS/NIHR programmes, the Ministry of Justice, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the Food Standards Agency. These have resulted in 30 books and more than 100 scientific papers. Robert Dingwall is also an experienced manager: he served for five years as head of a large social science department and founded and directed what was one of Europe’s leading research institutes in science and technology studies for 12 years. Robert has been a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences since 2002 and an Honorary Member of the Faculty of Public Health since 2014. He was awarded the 2019 Prize for Contributions to the Socio-Legal Community by the Socio-Legal Studies Association.

Recensioner i media

`A coherent collection combining theoretical, philosophical and practical aspects of qualitative research. Those who are grappling with the many challenges of social research, whether experienced or beginners, will find this book an invaluable resource′ - Journal of Advanced Nursing

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction - Gale MillerContext and Method in Qualitative ResearchPART ONE: VALIDITY AND PLAUSIBILITY IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCHThe Logics of Qualitative Research - David SilvermanProducing `Plausible Stories′ - Kath M MeliaInterviewing Student NursesTechniques of Validation in Qualitative Research - Michael BloorA Critical CommentaryPART TWO: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCHAccounts, Interviews and Observations - Robert DingwallProblems with Interviewing - Isobel BowlerExperiences with Service Providers and ClientsContextualizing Texts - Gale MillerStudying Organizational TextsUsing Computers in Strategic Qualitative Research - Tom DurkinDramaturgy and Methodology - Scott A Hunt and Robert D BenfordResearch Techniques from a Theatrical PerspectivePART THREE: ANALYZING INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONSNetwork Analysis and Qualitative Research - Emmanuel LazegaA Method of ContextualizationThe Interactional Study of Organizations - Robert Dingwall and P M StrongA Critique and ReformulationToward Ethnographies of Institutional Discourse - Gale MillerProposal and SuggestionsPART FOUR: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH AS A MORAL DISCOURSEEthnography and Justice - David L Altheide and John M JohnsonOne Branch of Moral Science - P M StrongAn Early Modern Approach to Public PolicyConclusion - Robert DingwallThe Moral Discourse of Interactionism