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Qualitative Research David Silverman

Qualitative Research By David Silverman

Qualitative Research by David Silverman

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With practical tips, summaries, exercises and further reading, each chapter is like a masterclass from a leading scholar in qualitative research.

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Qualitative Research by David Silverman

A whos who of methodologists, this book introduces students to the big picture of qualitative research, teaching both the why and the how to of getting started, selecting a method and conducting research and data analysis. With practical tips, summaries, exercises and further reading, each chapter is like a masterclass from a leading scholar in qualitative research.

New to the fourth edition:

  • A streamlined structure to guide readers step-by-step through the research process
  • Substantial new section with 4 chapters on how to collect and analyse online data
  • A new chapter on reflexive ethnography
  • More hands-on advice on how to conduct research at every stage, making this a perfect field handbook
  • Updated reading lists provide a go-to guide to the literature and help improve citations

The most comprehensive qualitative research book available, this is the perfect all-in-one companion for any student embarking on a qualitative research course or project.

Qualitative Research Reviews

A comprehensive book that enables the reader to easily understand the principles of qualitative research. David Silvermans books have been indispensable throughout my own research brilliant!
-- Louise Lawson

Many years of teaching how to do qualitative research to management and social science research students means that I always recommend David Silvermans Qualitative Research as the the go to text. It is simply the best.


-- Stewart Clegg
This book contains everything that a qualitative researcher needs to know and a quantitative researcher needs to learn. Written by the world-renowned authorities in their fields, this edition covers all issues relevant to qualitative research, from choosing the research topic through fieldwork techniques, analytical approaches, and the ways to write it all up.

-- Barbara Czarniawska
Silverman provides a welcome new edition to an accessibly written, coherently organised and comprehensive introduction to qualitative research. It is an interesting and informative read with clear and concise explanations and is an essential for researchers using qualitative methods and analysing data. -- Gareth Addidle

Want to understand qualitative research? This is the must-have book for you. This 4th edition is unquestionably the very best work on qualitative research that I have read, with an expanded section on new technologies. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to students, researchers, policy makers and everyone with an interest in qualitative research.

-- Susan Danby

About David Silverman

David Silverman trained as a sociologist at the London School of Economics and the University of California, Los Angeles. He taught for 32 years at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he is now Emeritus Professor in the Sociology Department as well as Visiting Professor in the Business Schools, Kings College, London, Leeds University and University of Technology Sydney and Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology. He is interested in conversation and discourse analysis and he has researched medical consultations, shelters for homeless people and HIV-test counselling. He is the author of Doing Qualitative Research (sixth edition, 2022) and A Very Short, Fairly Interesting, Reasonably Cheap Book about Qualitative Research (second edition, 2013c). He is the editor of Qualitative Research (fifth edition, 2021) and the Sage series Introducing Qualitative Methods. In recent years, he has offered short, hands-on workshops in qualitative research for universities in Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Now retired from full-time work, he aims to watch 100 days of county cricket a year. He also enjoys spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandsons as well as voluntary work in an old peoples home where he chats and sings with residents.

Table of Contents

PART I: SETTING THE SCENE Introducing Qualitative Research, David Silverman Addressing Social Problems through Qualitative Research, Michael Bloor Research Ethics and Qualitative Research, Anne Ryen PART II: INTERVIEWS AND FOCUS GROUPS The `Inside and the `Outside: Finding Realities in Interviews, Jody Miller and Barry Glassner Narrative Practice and the Active Interview, James A. Holstein and Jaber F. Gubrium Analysing Focus Group Data, Sue Wilkinson PART III: ETHNOGRAPHY What Is Ethnography, Giampietro Gobo and Lukas Marciniak Organizational Ethnography, Thomas Eberle and Christoph Maeder Practising Reflexivity in Ethnography, Marie Buscatto PART IV: TEXTS Analysing Documents through Fieldwork, Katarina Jacobsson Using Documents in Social Research, Lindsay Prior PART V: TALK Discursive Psychology and the Study of Naturally Occurring Talk, Jonathan Potter Conversation Analysis: Practices and Methods, John Heritage PART VI: EXPANDING TECHNOLOGIES Internet/Digital Research, Annette Markham and Simona Stavrova Online Interviewing, Nalita James and Hugh Busher Using Conversation Analysis and Discursive Psychology to Analyse Online Data, Joanne Meredith Critical Discourse Studies and Social Media Data, Johann W. Unger, Ruth Wodak and Majid KhosraviNik PART VII: VISUAL DATA Visual Inquiry: Issues and Developments, Michael Emmison Embodied Action: Video and the Analysis of Social Interaction, Christian Heath PART VIII: QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS Some Pragmatics of Qualitative Data Analysis, Tim Rapley Constructing Grounded Theory Analyses, Kathy Charmaz and Anthony Bryant Whats Different about Narrative Inquiry? Cases, Categories and Contexts, Catherine Kohler Riessman Systematic Reviews and Qualitative Studies, Mary Dixon-Woods Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data, Libby Bishop Validity in Qualitative Research, Anssi Perakyla Writing Qualitative Research: Practice, Genre and Audience, Amir Marvasti

Additional information

GOR008652917
9781473916579
1473916577
Qualitative Research by David Silverman
David Silverman
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Sage Publications Ltd
2016-05-30
480
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