The Active Interview (Qualitative Research Methods Series No. 37)

Holstein, James, A. & Gubrium, Jaber F.

ISBN 10: 0803958951 / ISBN 13: 9780803958951

Published by Sage Publications, 1995

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8vo. 85 pp. previous owners name to inside cover otherwise very good in original card covers with light shelf wear only, very good Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Active Interview (Qualitative Research Methods Series No. 37)
• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Publication Date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0803958951
• ISBN 13: 9780803958951
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Theology, Philosophy & Cultural Studies

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Synopsis

"The book provides an academic basis for discussion and development of active interviewing methods. . . . The ideas raised. . . will be interesting and valuable to those involved in developing new methodologies in qualitative research and interviewing."

--Helen Masey in Social Research Association News

The interpretive turn in social science has taken the interview and turned it upside down. Once thought to be the pipeline through which information was transmitted from a passive subject to an omniscient researcher, the new "active interview" considers the interviewer and interviewee as equal partners in constructing meaning around an interview event. This changes everything - from the way of conceiving a sample to the ways in which the interview may be conducted and the results analyzed. In this brief volume, James A. Holstein and Jaber F. Gubrium outline the differences between the active interview and the traditional interview and give novice researchers clear guidance on conducting an interview that is the rich product of both parties.

Students and professionals who use qualitative methods in the fields of sociology, anthropology, communication, psychology, education, social work, gerontology, and management will find The Active Interview to be a helpful and cogent guidebook.

About the Authors

James A. Holstein is professor of sociology in the Department of Social and Cultural Sciences at Marquette University. His research and writing projects have addressed social problems, deviance and social control, mental health and illness, family, and the self, all approached from an ethnomethodologically- informed, constructionist perspective.

Jaber F. Gubrium is professor and chair of sociology at the University of Missouri. He has an extensive record of research on the social organization of care in human service institutions. His publications include numerous books and articles on aging, family, the life course, medicalization, and representational practice in therapeutic context.