Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0195430158 ISBN 13: 9780195430158

Casa editrice: OUP Canada, 2010

Riassunto

Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography is a practical, in-depth guide to understanding and conducting qualitative research in human geography. Reflecting both established and modern methods, and written by some of the most authoritative voices in the discipline, the text teaches students how to plan, execute, interpret, and effectively communicate qualitative research. Organized into three parts (introducing, doing, and interpreting), the new third edition is a comprehensive, engaging resource for both students and new researchers in the field.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Iain Hay is Professor of Human Geography at Flinders University, South Australia and the Australian Learning and Teaching Council's Discipline Scholar for the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities. His principal research interests revolve around geographies of domination and oppression, work for which he received a LittD from the University of Canterbury in 2009. He is author or editor of eight books - several of which have gone multiple editions - and more than 75 scholarly chapters and papers in journals such as Geografiska Annaler B, Political Geography, Professional Geographer, and Progress in Human Geography. In 2006 Iain was named Australian University Teacher of the Year. He was admitted as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2008 and as a Fellow of the Australian College of Educators in 2009. He is currently Vice President (President-Elect) of the Institute of Australian Geographers.

Contenuti:

• Detailed Table of Contents
• List of Boxes and Figures
• Notes on Contributors
• Preface
• Part 1: Introducing Qualitative Research in Human Geography
• 1: Hilary P. M. Winchester and Mathew Rof: Qualitative Research and Its Place in Human Geography
• 2: Robyn Dowling: Power, Subjectivity, and Ethics in Qualitative Research
• 3: Richie Howitt and Stan Stevens: Cross-cultural Research: Ethics, Methods, and Relationships
• 4: Matt Bradshaw and Elaine Stratford: Qualitative Research Design and Rigour
• 5: Jamie Baxter: Case Studies in Qualitative Research
• Part 2: 'Doing' Qualitative Research in Human Geography
• 6: Kevin Dunn: Interviewing
• 7: Karen George and Elaine Stratford: Oral History and Human Geography
• 8: Jenny Cameron: Focusing on the Focus Group
• 9: Michael Roche: Historical Research and Archival Sources
• 10: Pauline M. MfGuirk and Phillip O'Neill: Using Questionnaires in Qualitative Human Geography
• 11: Gordon Waitt: Doing Foucauldian Discourse Analysis - Revealing Social Identities
• 12: Robin A. Kearns: Seeing with Clarity: Undertaking Observational Research
• 13: Sara Kindon: Participatory Action Research
• Part 3: 'Interpreting and Communicating' the Results of Qualitative Research in Human Geography
• 14: Meghan Cope: Coding Qualitative Data
• 15: Robin Peace and Bettina van Hoven: Computers, Qualitative Data, and Geographic Research
• 16: Janice Monk and Richard Bedford: Writing a Compelling Research Proposal
• 17: Juliana Mansvelt and Lawrence D. Berg: Writing Qualitative Geographies, Constructing Geographical Knowledges
• 18: Dydia DeLyser and Eric Pawson: From Personal to Public: Communicating Qualitative Research for Public Consumption
• Glossary
• References
• Index

Su questa edizione

• Editore: OUP Canada
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0195430158
• ISBN 13: 9780195430158
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 464
• Redattore: Hay Iain