The Oxford handbook of qualitative research / edited by Patricia Leavy. - xxiii, 756 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. - Oxford library of psychology .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Note:
Preface
Patricia Leavy
1. Introduction
Patricia Leavy
Part One: The Qualitative Tradition
2. Historical Overview of Qualitative Research in the Social Sciences -- Svend Brinkmann, Michael Hviid Jacobsen, and Søren Kristiansen
3. The History of Historical-Comparative Methods in Sociology Chares Demetriou and Victor Roudometof
4. The Centrality of Ethics in Qualitative Research -- Anna Traianou
Part Two: Approaches to Qualitative Research
5. Philosophical Approaches to Qualitative Research -- Renée Spencer, Julia M. Pryce, and Jill Walsh
6. Applied Interpretive Approaches -- Sally E. Thorne
7. The Grounded Theory Method -- Antony Bryant
8. Feminist Qualitative Research: Toward Transformation of Science and Society -- Maureen C. McHugh
9. Critical Approaches to Qualitative Research -- Kum-Kum Bhavnani, Peter Chua, and Dana Collins
10. Decolonizing Research Practice: Indigenous Methodologies, Aboriginal Methods, and Knowledge/Knowing -- Mike Evans, Adrian Miller, Peter Hutchinson, and Carlene Dingwall
Part Three: Narrative Inquiry, Field Research, and Interview Methods
11. Practicing Narrative Inquiry -- Arthur P. Bochner and Nicholas A. Riggs
12. Ethnography -- Anthony Kwame Harrison
13. The Purposes, Practices, and Principles of Autoethnographic Research -- Carolyn Ellis and Tony E. Adams
14. Unstructured and Semi-Structured Interviewing -- Svend Brinkmann
15. Oral History Interviewing: Issues and Possibilities -- Valerie J. Janesick
16. Focus Group Research: Retrospect and Prospect -- George Kamberelis and Greg Dimitriadis
17. Museum Studies -- Erica L. Tucker -- Part Four: Text, Arts-Based, and Internet Methods
18. Content Analysis -- Lindsay Prio
19. Photography as a Research Method -- Gunilla Holm
20. Arts-Based Research Practice: Merging Social Research and the Creative Arts -- Gioia Chilton and Patricia Leavy
21. Qualitative Approaches in Internet-Mediated Research: Opportunities, Issues, Possibilities -- Claire Hewson
Part Five: Multi-Method, Mixed-Method, and Participatory Designs
22. Case Study Research: In-Depth Understanding in Context -- Helen Simons
23. Program Evaluation -- Paul R. Brandon and Anna L. Ah Sam
24. Community-Based Research: Understanding the Principles, Practices Challenges, and Rationale -- Margaret R. Boyd
25. Lineages: A Past, Present, and Future of Participatory Action Research -- Sarah M. Zeller-Berkman
26. Qualitative Disaster Research -- Brenda D. Phillips
27. Conducting Mixed Methods Research: Using Dialectical Pluralism and Social Psychological Strategies -- R. Burke Johnson, Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie, Susan A. Tucker, and Marjorie L. Icenogle -- Part Six: Analysis, Interpretation, Representation, and Evaluation
28. Coding and Analysis Strategies -- Johnny Saldaña
29. Computer-Assisted Analysis of Qualitative Research -- Christina Silver and Ann F. Lewins
30. Interpretation Strategies: Appropriate Concepts -- Allen Trent and Jeasik Cho
31. Writing Up Qualitative Research -- Jane F. Gilgun
32. Evaluating Qualitative Research -- Jeasik Cho and Allen Trent
Part Seven: Conclusion: Politics and the Public -- 33. The Politics of Research -- Michael D. Giardina and Joshua I. Newman
34. A Brief Statement on the Public and the Future of Qualitative Research -- Patricia Leavy.

"The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research presents a comprehensive and student-friendly overview of the field of qualitative research and is intended for students of all levels, faculty, and researchers across the social sciences. It provides strong focus on methods instruction with coverage of theoretical approaches, analysis, writing, evaluation, and the politics of research"--

9780199811755 (hardback)

2014006431


Qualitative research--Methodology.
Social sciences--Research.
PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology.

H62 / .O95 2014

300.72 LEA