| Description |
xi, 684 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Preface / Norman K. Denzin and Yvonna S. Lincoln -- 1. Introduction: The Discipline and Practice of Qualitative Research / Norman K. Denzin and Yvonna S. Lincoln -- 2. Qualitative Methods: Their History in Sociology and Anthropology / Arthur J. Vidich and Stanford M. Lyman -- 3. Reconstructing The Relationships Between Universities and Society Through Action Research / Davydd J. Greenwood and Morten Levin -- 4. For Whom? Qualitative Research, Representations, and Social Responsibilities / Michelle Fine, Lois Weis, Susan Weseen and Loonmun Wong -- 5. Ethics and Politics in Qualitative Research / Clifford G. Christians -- 6. Paradigmatic Controversies, Contradictions, and Emerging Confluences / Yvonna S. Lincoln and Egon G. Guba -- 7. Three Epistemological Stances for Qualitative Inquiry: Interpretivism, Hermeneutics, and Social Constructionism / Thomas A. Schwandt -- 8. Feminisms and Qualitative Research at and Into the Millennium |
| Summary |
This volume, The Landscape of Qualitative Research, takes a look at the field from a broadly theoretical perspective, and is composed of the Handbook's Parts One ('Locating the Field'), Two ('Paradigms and Perspectives in Transition'), and Three ('The Future of Qualitative Research'). The book attempts to put the field of qualitative research in context. Part One locates the field, providing historical context as well as background on applied qualitative research and the politics and ethics of qualitative inquiry. Part Two examines the major paradigms that inform and influence qualitative research in the human disciplines. The chapters move from competing paradigms (positivist, postpositivist, constructivist, critical theory) to specific interpretive perspectives, feminisms, racialized discourses, cultural studies, sexualities and queer theory. Part Three considers the future of qualitative research |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Social sciences -- Research.
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Qualitative research.
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Qualitative reasoning.
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| Author |
Denzin, Norman K.
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Lincoln, Yvonna S.
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| LC no. |
2002156651 |
| ISBN |
0761926941 paperback |
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