The Science of Qualitative Research
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This updated and expanded edition is a unique examination of qualitative research in the social sciences, raising and answering the question of why we do this kind of investigation. Rather than providing instructions on how to conduct qualitative research, The Science of Qualitative Research explores the multiple roots of qualitative research - including phenomenology, hermeneutics, and critical theory - in order to diagnose the current state of the field and recommend an alternative. The author argues that much qualitative research…
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Key features
- Reviews and explains the multiple origins of qualitative research today in the social sciences, so students will learn about relevant literature across multiple fields
- This revised edition includes a new chapter which provides a concrete example of a research project that studies constitution
- The pedagogical features include important background summary boxes, and tables and figures used to illustrate central concepts
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108264907
- Subjects Qualitative Research Methods,Research Methods In Sociology and Criminology,Research Methods in Sociology and Criminology,Sociology
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 16 November 2017
- ISBN: 9781108417129
- Dimensions (mm): 228 x 152 mm
- Weight: 0.88kg
- Contains: 7 b/w illus. 28 tables
- Page extent: 548 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 16 November 2017
- ISBN: 9781108404501
- Dimensions (mm): 228 x 152 mm
- Weight: 0.8kg
- Contains: 7 b/w illus. 28 tables
- Page extent: 548 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 06 August 2018
- ISBN: 9781108264907
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