Doing Qualitative Research: A Comprehensive Guide - Softcover

Silverman, David; Marvasti, Amir

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412926394 ISBN 13: 9781412926393

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2008

Synopsis

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About the Author

David Silverman is Visiting Professor in the Business School, University of Technology, Sydney, Emeritus Professor in the Sociology Department, Goldsmiths’ College and Adjunct Professor in the School of Education, Queensland University of Technology. He has lived in London for most of his life, where he attended Christ′s College Finchley and did a BSc (Economics) at the London School of Economics in the 1960s. Afterwards, he went to the USA for graduate work, obtaining an MA in the Sociology Department, University of California, Los Angeles. He returned to LSE to write a PhD on organization theory. This was published as The Theory of Organizations in 1970.

Apart from brief spells teaching at UCLA, his main teaching career was at Goldsmiths College. His three major research projects were on decision making in the Personnel Department of the Greater London Council (Organizational Work, written with Jill Jones, 1975), paediatric outpatient clinics (Communication and Medical Practice, 1987) and HIV-test counselling (Discourses of Counselling, 1997). 

He pioneered a taught MA in Qualitative Research at Goldsmiths in 1985 and supervised around 30 successful PhD students. Since becoming Emeritus Professor in 1999, he has continued publishing methodology books. David regularly runs qualitative research workshops for five universities in Sydney and Brisbane. He has also run workshops for research students in Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, France, Sri Lanka and Tanzania. Since 2000, he has done voluntary work with people with dementia. resident in an old people’s home

Besides all this, David′s other interests include classical music, literary fiction, bridge, county cricket and spending time with his grandchildren.

Review

"As a novice researcher and doctoral student myself, I found this text basic, resourceful, and encouraging.  I now feel that my research journey has been segmented into individual steps that are both manageable and practical." Author: Jamie Reynolds Published On: 2009-04-06

"Interesting, well written book, numerous examples, variety of exercices." Author: Anne Chartier Published On: 2011-02-25

"Silverman and Marvasti provide an exceptional guide for conducting qualitative research. Silverman and Marvasti (2008) include just about everything there is to know about the graduate student experience with a f focus on qualitative research, dissertations, and even the qualifying exam and publishing forum. From soup to nuts, the authors have created a comprehensive guide that should be a required text in all graduate programs especially those leading to a Ph.D." Author: Diana Riviera Published On: 2009-11-03

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1412926394
• ISBN 13: 9781412926393
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 576