An edited collection packed with advice, exercises, and anecdotes, The Craft of Qualitative Research is a practical, introductory guide that will develop students’ skills and confidence in qualitative research. Accessible in style and tone, this text equips students with the tools needed to manage and overcome challenges, emotions, biases, and power dynamics in the field. To encourage experiential learning, 45 concise chapters include real-world examples and practical exercises from scholars and professionals in varying disciplines and stages of career. Each section begins with an editors’ introduction then takes readers through the steps of successful qualitative research: from planning projects ethically and entering the field, to collecting and analyzing data, and lastly, to exiting the field and disseminating findings. Students in research-reliant disciplines, particularly sociology, anthropology, criminology, social work, and health studies will benefit from this distinctly practical resource.
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An edited collection packed with advice, exercises, and anecdotes, this is a practical, introductory guide that will develop students' skills and confidence in qualitative research. Accessible in style and tone, this text equips students with the tools needed to manage and overcome challenges, emotions, biases, and power dynamics in the field.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781773380971
Publisert
2018-12-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Canadian Scholars
Vekt
713 gr
Høyde
244 mm
Bredde
169 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
410

Biographical note

Steven W. Kleinknecht is an associate professor of sociology at Brescia University College. He is also an approvals editor for the ,Qualitative Sociology Review. His qualitative research has focused on the computer hacker and Old Order Mennonite subcultures. With Antony Puddephatt and William Shaffir, he co-edited Ethnographies Revisited (2009). He has been involved in the Qualitative Analysis Conference as a participant, session chair, and organizer for the past 18 years.

Lisa-Jo K. van den Scott is an assistant professor of sociology at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Her work centres around space, place, and time, and argues for a sociology of walls. Her empirical focus has been the introduction of housing in Arviat, Nunavut. She has published in such journals as the Journal of Contemporary Ethnography and American Behavioral Scientist. She is currently an associate editor for the Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics.

Carrie B. Sanders is an associate professor of criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University. She is an interpretive theorist and qualitative researcher with an interest in studying policing, technology, police cultures, and surveillance. Her research has received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and has been published in high impact journals, such as British Journal of Criminology, Policing and Society, and Gender and Society.