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Zusatztext The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research comes at just the right moment in the qualitative endeavor. At the threshold of the 21st Century! when existing disciplines are exploring new frontiers and transdisciplinarity stretches the limits of inquiry and understanding! Patricia Leavy's Handbook strengthens our grasp of philosophical and practical foundations. At the same time! we discover in this volume an enthusiastic advancement of innovative strategiesand tools toward creating new and useful knowledge for the complex challenges that researchers face. Leavy's handbook is already the preferred bookmark for my own research and will become a required text for my students for years to come. Informationen zum Autor Patricia Leavy, PhD, is a leading researcher, acclaimed author, and public speaker. She has published a dozen non-fiction books including the best-seller Method Meets Art: Arts-Based Research Practice, Essentials of Transdisciplinary Research: Using Problem-Centered Methodologies, Fiction as Research Practice and Oral History: Understanding Qualitative Research as well as two academic novels, American Circumstance and Low-Fat Love. She is the editor for four book series, is frequently called on by the media, has appeared on national television and radio, and is a blogger for The Huffington Post. The New England Sociological Association named Leavy the 2010 New England Sociologist of the Year and she has been nominated for a lifetime achievement award by the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry and a Special Achievement award by the American Creativity Association. Klappentext The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research presents a comprehensive and student-friendly overview of the field of qualitative research and is intended for students of all levels, faculty, and researchers across the social sciences. It provides strong focus on methods instruction with coverage of theoretical approaches, analysis, writing, evaluation, and the politics of research. Zusammenfassung The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research presents a comprehensive and student-friendly overview of the field of qualitative research and is intended for students of all levels, faculty, and researchers across the social sciences. It provides strong focus on methods instruction with coverage of theoretical approaches, analysis, writing, evaluation, and the politics of research. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction; Patricia Leavy; Part One: The Qualitative Tradition; 2. Historical Overview of Qualitative Research in the Social Sciences; Svend Brinkmann, Michael Hviid Jacobsen, and Soren Kristiansen; 3. The History of Historical-Comparative Methods in Sociology; Chares Demetriou and Victor Roudometof; 4. The Centrality of Ethics in Qualitative Research; Anna Traianou; Part Two: Approaches to Qualitative Research; 5. Philosophical Approaches to Qualitative Research; Renee Spencer, Julia M. Pryce, and Jill Walsh; 6. Applied Interpretive Approaches; Sally E. Thorne; 7. The Grounded Theory Method; Antony Bryant; 8. Feminist Qualitative Research: Toward Transformation of Science and Society; Maureen C. McHugh; 9. Critical Approaches to Qualitative Research; Kum-Kum Bhavnani, Peter Chua, and Dana Collins; 10. Decolonizing Research Practice: Indigenous Methodologies, Aboriginal Methods, and Knowledge/Knowing; Mike Evans, Adrian Miller, Peter Hutchinson, and Carlene Dingwall; Part Three: Narrative Inquiry, Field Research, and Interview Methods; 11. Practicing Narrative Inquiry; Arthur P. Bochner and Nicholas A. Riggs; 12. Ethnography; Anthony Kwame Harrison; 13. The Purposes, Practices, and Principles of Autoethnographic Research; Carolyn Ellis and Tony E. Adams; 14. Unstructured and Semi-Structured Interviewing; Svend Brinkmann; 15. Oral History Interviewing: Issues and Possibilities; Valerie J. Janesick; 16. Focus Group Research: Retrospect and Prospect; George Kamberelis and ...
