Norman K. Denzin is professor of communications at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, co-editor with Yvonna Lincoln of the Handbook of Qualitative Research and the journal Qualitative Inquiry, as well as author of two dozen books. Michael D. Giardina is Visiting Assistant Professor of Advertising & Cultural Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

"...Overall, the volume is a stimulating read, which acts almost as a rallying call to all qualitative researchers to do all they can to promote their research in these changing times. The practical and direct writing style makes this an accessible and interesting read that should appeal to a wide range of audiences, particularly early career researchers and PhD students seeking inspiration."... - Michael Donnelly, Qualitative Research

• Introduction, Qualitative Inquiry and Social Justice: Toward a Politics of Hope, Section I: Ethics, Evidence, and Social Justice 1. Deploying Qualitative Methods for Critical Social Purposes, 2. Four Points Concerning Policy-Oriented Qualitative Research, 3. Institutional Review Boards and the Ethics of Emotion, 4. Evidence: A Critical Realist Perspective for Qualitative Research, 6 Qualitative Research and the Conservative Challenge, Section II: Qualitative Inquiry in Post-Disaster America 5. Education Research in the Public Interest 6. Performing Pedagogies of Hope in Post-Katrina America 7. Power-Shifting at the Speed of Light: Critical Qualitative Research Post-Disaster, Section III: Human Rights and Radical Performance, 8. Dangerous Ethnography 9. Risky Research: Investigating the "Perils" of Ethnography 10. Racializing Ethics and Bearing Witness to Memory in Research 11. The Death of a Cow 12. Rethinking Words, Concepts, Stories, and Theories: Sensing a New World? Qualitative Research and the Conservative Challenge, Coda: Mentoring Relationships: Creating a Future for Qualitative Inquiry