Context and Method in Qualitative Research - Brossura

Gale Miller; Robert Dingwall

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0803976321 ISBN 13: 9780803976320

Casa editrice: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1997

Riassunto

A critical examination of the principles and practice of qualitative research is provided in this book which examines the interplay between context and method, making it invaluable for both the experienced and the beginning researcher.

A range of methodological and practical issues central to the concerns of qualitative researchers are addressed. These include: the validity and plausibility of qualitative methods; the problems encountered using specific techniques in a range of social settings; and the moral issues raised in qualitative research. These themes are related to practical issues which are illustrated by a breadth of examples and in-depth case studies.

The contributors look at the methods and str

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Robert Dingwall is a consulting sociologist through Dingwall Enterprises Ltd and part-time Professor of Sociology at Nottingham Trent University. 

He draws on more than forty years’ experience as an academic researcher studying health care, legal services, and science and technology policy at the Universities of Aberdeen, Oxford and Nottingham. Over that time, he has held grants and contracts worth more than £7 million (at 2017 prices) in total from the Leverhulme and Wellcome Trusts, ESRC, NERC, MRC, EPSRC, BBSRC, the EU, the UK Department of Health and various NHS/NIHR programmes, the Ministry of Justice, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the Food Standards Agency. These have resulted in 30 books and more than 100 scientific papers. Robert Dingwall is also an experienced manager: he served for five years as head of a large social science department and founded and directed what was one of Europe’s leading research institutes in science and technology studies for 12 years. 

Robert has been a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences since 2002 and an Honorary Member of the Faculty of Public Health since 2014. He was awarded the 2019 Prize for Contributions to the Socio-Legal Community by the Socio-Legal Studies Association.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0803976321
• ISBN 13: 9780803976320
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 236
• Redattore: Miller Gale, Dingwall Robert
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile