Routledge Guide to Interviewing - Oral History, Social Enquiry and Investigation

List of contents

Preface.  Introduction.  1. Thinking Ahead  2.Ethics and Legalities  3. Resources  4. Groundwork  5. Developing Technique  6. Special Care  7. Shifting Focus  8. Storage  9. Analysis  10. Possibilities.  Credo.

About the author

Anna Bryson is Research Lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London. She has considerable experience of conducting interviews for social and historical investigation. Recent publications encompass ethnographical research on Northern Ireland, prison diaries, biography and criminology. She has advised both statutory and private organisations on the design and implementation of complex interview-based projects.

Seán McConville is Professor of Law and Public Policy at Queen Mary, University of London. He has researched and taught at leading universities on both sides of the Atlantic. His interests and publications range widely, from Islamic criminal law to prison architecture, but have clustered around the philosophy and administration of punishment - historically, comparatively and in current debates. His publications include Irish Political Prisoners 1848-1922 (Routledge, 2003) and Irish Political Prisoners 1920-1962 (Routledge, 2013).

Product details

• Authors: Anna Bryson, Bryson Anna, Sean Mcconville, Sean Bryson Mcconville, McConville Sean
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2013
• EAN: 9780415710749
• ISBN: 978-0-415-71074-9
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Oral History, History: theory & methods, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, HISTORY / Study & Teaching, Social research & statistics, Social research and statistics, History: theory and methods