Key Themes in Qualitative Research: Continuities and Changes

Atkinson, Paul,Coffey, Amanda,Delamont, Sara

ISBN 10: 0759101272 / ISBN 13: 9780759101272

Published by AltaMira Press, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Key Themes in Qualitative Research: Continuities and Changes
• Publisher: AltaMira Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0759101272
• ISBN 13: 9780759101272
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Key Themes in Qualitative Research is an attempt by three well-respected ethnographic researchers to present a balanced view of qualitative methodology and research. The book is structured around classic texts, written by methodological pioneers, which comprise the basic foundation of modern qualitative research. The authors examine key premises in these texts, such as intimacy, advocacy, and validity, and how they may be supported, redesigned, or made problematic in today's field. This allows for a critical analysis of Old Guard vs. Avant-Garde ideas and provides for the reader a guide to wade through the proliferation of texts and theories available since the postmodern turn. While not designed as a primer in qualitative research methods, anyone with modest experience in the field should find this book extremely useful.

About the Author

Paul Atkinson is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Cardiff University, and Associate Director of the ESRC Centre for Social and Economic Aspects of Genomics.