
Qualitative Research
David Silverman(Editor)
SAGE Publications Ltd (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 17. November 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-1-84920-417-0 (ISBN)
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This hugely successful textbook has been fully updated and revised to make it even more accessible and comprehensive than previous editions. New chapters have been added on a range of key topics, including grounded theory, research ethics and systematic review.
This book draws on a stellar list of leading qualitative researchers, each of whom is writing on their own specialized area in qualitative research, but doing so in a way that is clear and accessible to students and those new to the field of qualitative methods.
All chapters also have added features - such as internet links, questions for readers and recommended readings. Alongside its engaging and accessible style, these new features make Qualitative Research the ideal textbook for all students working within this field.
This is a comprehensive and accessible first text on qualitative methods that boasts a who's who of leading qualitative methodologists and is a must-have book for any student involved in doing research.
This hugely successful textbook has been fully updated and revised to make it even more accessible and comprehensive than previous editions. New chapters have been added on a range of key topics, including grounded theory, research ethics and systematic review.
This book draws on a stellar list of leading qualitative researchers, each of whom is writing on their own specialized area in qualitative research, but doing so in a way that is clear and accessible to students and those new to the field of qualitative methods.
All chapters also have added features - such as internet links, questions for readers and recommended readings. Alongside its engaging and accessible style, these new features make Qualitative Research the ideal textbook for all students working within this field.
This is a comprehensive and accessible first text on qualitative methods that boasts a who's who of leading qualitative methodologists and is a must-have book for any student involved in doing research.
Reviews / Votes
Qualitative Research provides some real insight into qualitative practices-the "whys" and the "what," enabling one to become a more sensitive and thoughtful research practitioner...what Silverman and the contributors to this third edition have done is to provide readers-the graduate students, researchers, teachers and perhaps those involved in funding qualitative research-with ideas that develop and enrich our sensibilities about the nature and practice of qualitative researchBernard Smith
The Weekly Qualitative Report
Silverman's latest edition of this well regarded text aims to elucidate current developments in qualitative research. In my opinion, it is well positioned to achieve its stated purpose, as it presents a collection of key readings on a range of contemporary interests in qualitative research... This edition has been refreshed and reinvigorated, ensuring that it maintains pace with the contemporary world of qualitative research and the concerns and developments encountered in this world. This is a particular strength of the book... It is particularly suited to the qualitative research neophyte who wishes to quickly grasp the key features of the subject areas addressed. Academic staff should therefore consider this text an important adjunct to modules relating to the design and conduct of qualitative reseach in contemporary research settings.
Louise Daly
Nurse Education in Practice
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 186 mm
Weight
835 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84920-417-0 (9781849204170)
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Person
David Silverman trained as a sociologist at the London School of Economics and the University of California, Los Angeles. He taught for 32 years at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he is now Emeritus Professor in the Sociology Department as well as Visiting Professor in the Business Schools, King's College, London, Leeds University and University of Technology Sydney and Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology. He is interested in conversation and discourse analysis and he has researched medical consultations, shelters for homeless people and HIV-test counselling.
He is the author of Doing Qualitative Research (sixth edition, 2022) and A Very Short, Fairly Interesting, Reasonably Cheap Book about Qualitative Research (second edition, 2013c). He is the editor of Qualitative Research (fifth edition, 2021) and the Sage series Introducing Qualitative Methods. In recent years, he has offered short, hands-on workshops in qualitative research for universities in Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia.
Now retired from full-time work, he aims to watch 100 days of county cricket a year. He also enjoys spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandsons as well as voluntary work in an old people's home where he chats and sings with residents.
He is the author of Doing Qualitative Research (sixth edition, 2022) and A Very Short, Fairly Interesting, Reasonably Cheap Book about Qualitative Research (second edition, 2013c). He is the editor of Qualitative Research (fifth edition, 2021) and the Sage series Introducing Qualitative Methods. In recent years, he has offered short, hands-on workshops in qualitative research for universities in Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia.
Now retired from full-time work, he aims to watch 100 days of county cricket a year. He also enjoys spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandsons as well as voluntary work in an old people's home where he chats and sings with residents.
Content
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO THE THIRD EDITION
Introducing Qualitative Research - David Silverman
PART TWO: OBSERVATION
Ethnography - Giampietro Gobo
Using Ethnography to Study Gender - Marie Buscatto
Organizational Ethnography - Thomas S Eberle and Christoph Maeder
PART THREE: TEXTS
Analyzing Documentary Realities - Paul Atkinson and Amanda Coffey
Using Documents in Social Research - Lindsay Prior
Internet Research - Annette Markham
PART FOUR: INTERVIEWS AND FOCUS GROUPS
The 'Inside' and the 'Outside': Finding Realities in Interviews - Jody Miller and Barry Glassner
Animating Interview Narratives - James A Holstein and Jaber F Gubrium
Analyzing Focus Group Data - Sue Wilkinson
PART FIVE: TALK
Discursive Psychology and the Study of Naturally Occurring Talk - Jonathan Potter
Conversation Analysis: Practices and Methods - John Heritage
PART SIX: VISUAL DATA
Conceptualizing Visual Data - Michael Emmison
Embodied Action: Video and the Analysis of Social Interaction - Christian Heath
PART SEVEN: QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS
Some Pragmatics of Qualitative Data Analysis - Tim Rapley
Grounded Theory and Credibility - Kathy Charmaz and Anthony Bryant
What's Different about Narrative Inquiry? Cases, Categories and Contexts - Catherine Kohler Riessman
Systematic Reviews and Qualitative Methods - Mary Dixon-Woods
Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data - Clive Seale
Validity in Research on Naturally Occurring Social Interaction - Anssi Peraekylae
Three Aspects of Writing Qualitative Research: Practice, Genre and Audience - Amir Marvasti
PART EIGHT: THE WIDER COMMUNITY
Addressing Social Problems through Qualitative Research - Michael Bloor
Ethics and Qualitative Research - Anne Ryen
Introducing Qualitative Research - David Silverman
PART TWO: OBSERVATION
Ethnography - Giampietro Gobo
Using Ethnography to Study Gender - Marie Buscatto
Organizational Ethnography - Thomas S Eberle and Christoph Maeder
PART THREE: TEXTS
Analyzing Documentary Realities - Paul Atkinson and Amanda Coffey
Using Documents in Social Research - Lindsay Prior
Internet Research - Annette Markham
PART FOUR: INTERVIEWS AND FOCUS GROUPS
The 'Inside' and the 'Outside': Finding Realities in Interviews - Jody Miller and Barry Glassner
Animating Interview Narratives - James A Holstein and Jaber F Gubrium
Analyzing Focus Group Data - Sue Wilkinson
PART FIVE: TALK
Discursive Psychology and the Study of Naturally Occurring Talk - Jonathan Potter
Conversation Analysis: Practices and Methods - John Heritage
PART SIX: VISUAL DATA
Conceptualizing Visual Data - Michael Emmison
Embodied Action: Video and the Analysis of Social Interaction - Christian Heath
PART SEVEN: QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS
Some Pragmatics of Qualitative Data Analysis - Tim Rapley
Grounded Theory and Credibility - Kathy Charmaz and Anthony Bryant
What's Different about Narrative Inquiry? Cases, Categories and Contexts - Catherine Kohler Riessman
Systematic Reviews and Qualitative Methods - Mary Dixon-Woods
Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data - Clive Seale
Validity in Research on Naturally Occurring Social Interaction - Anssi Peraekylae
Three Aspects of Writing Qualitative Research: Practice, Genre and Audience - Amir Marvasti
PART EIGHT: THE WIDER COMMUNITY
Addressing Social Problems through Qualitative Research - Michael Bloor
Ethics and Qualitative Research - Anne Ryen