Qualitative Research

CLASSiC TExT

the Sage handbook of QualItatIve reSearch

Third Edition

Edited by Norman K Denzin University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Yvonna S Lincoln Texas A & M University

Far-reaching, comprehensive and featuring a virtual ‘who’s who’ in the human sciences, this is without question an essential text for the library of any academic interested in the art, science and practice of qualitative research.

READERSHIP Undergraduate and graduate students and academic researchers undertaking qualitative research across the social sciences

2005 • 1232 pages Cloth (978-0-7619-2757-0) • £95.00

buy The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research as three paperback editions:

collectIng and InterpretIng QualItatIve MaterIalS

Third Edition

Norman K Denzin University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Yvonna S Lincoln Texas A & M University

The Third Edition of this bestseller now contains:

a new ‘Reader’s Guide’ prepared by the editors to help students • navigate through the chapters, locating the different methodologies, methods, techniques, issues and theories relevant to their work a newly added, abbreviated glossary of terms offering students a • ready resource to help decode the language of qualitative research recommended readings to provide readers with additional sources • on specific topic areas linked to their research.

February 2008 • 712 pages Paper (978-1-4129-5757-1) • £27.99

StrategIeS of QualItatIve InQuIry

Third Edition

February 2008 • 440 pages Paper (978-1-4129-5756-4) • £27.99

the landScape of QualItatIve reSearch

Third Edition

February 2008 • 632 pages Paper (978-1-4129-5758-8) • £27.99

NEW EDiTiON OF A CLASSiC TExT

an IntroductIon to QualItatIve reSearch

Fourth Edition

uwe Flick Alice-Salomon University of Applied Sciences, Berlin

The new edition of Uwe Flick’s bestselling textbook has been fully revised, expanded and updated. An introduction to Qualitative Research guides the student step by step through the research process of qualitative research.

This classic text covers all of the main theoretical approaches to qualitative research, providing unmatched coverage of the full range of different qualitative methods and approaches now available to researchers. A range of new features have been added to this edition including:

new structure to better meet the needs of teaching qualitative • research a new chapter on grounded theory plus updated coverage on the full • range of other qualitative methods a summary section discussing the state of the art in qualitative • research a glossary and updated cases studies, exercises and guided • questions.

ABRIDGED CONTENTS PART ONE: FRAMEWORK \ How to Use this Book \ Qualitative Research – Why and How to Do It \ Qualitative and Quantitative Research \ Ethics of Qualitative Research \ PART TWO: FROM THEORY TO TEXT \ Uses of Literature \ Theoretical Positions Underlying Qualitative Research \ Epistemological Backgrounds: Construction and Understanding of Texts \ PART THREE: RESEARCH DESIGN \ The Qualitative Research Process \ Research Questions \ Entering the Field \ Sampling \ How to Design Qualitative Research: An Overview \ PART FOUR: VERBAL DATA \ Interviews \ Narratives \ Focus Groups \ Verbal Data: An Overview \ PART FIVE: OBSERVATION AND MEDIATED DATA \ Observation and Ethnography \ Visual Data Methods \ Using Documents as Data \ Qualitative Online Research: Using the Internet \ Observation and Mediated Data: An Overview \ PART SIX: FROM TEXT TO THEORY \ Documentation of Data \ Doing Grounded Theory Analysis \ Thematic Coding and Content Analysis \ AnalyzIng Conversation Discourse and Genres \ Narrative and Hermeneutic Analysis \ Using Computers in Qualitative Analysis \ Text Interpretation: An Overview \ PART SEVEN: GROUNDING AND WRITING

READERSHIP All students of qualitative research

February 2009 • 496 pages Cloth (978-1-84787-323-1) • £75.00 Paper (978-1-84787-324-8) • £25.99

a coMpanIon to QualItatIve reSearch

Edited by uwe Flick Alice-Salomon University of Applied Sciences, Berlin , Ernst von Kardoff Humboldt University and ines Steinke Free University, Berlin

‘The book covers such a diverse range of material and there are so many practical tips provided that it is useful – as the title suggests – as a companion for those conducting or teaching research’ – Nurse Researcher

2004 • 448 pages Cloth (978-0-7619-7374-4) • £95.00 Paper (978-0-7619-7375-1) • £30.99

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Qualitative Research

the Sage QualItatIve reSearch kIt

Edited by uwe Flick Alice-Salomon University of Applied Sciences, Berlin

The SAGE Qualitative Research Kit is a major event in the world of research methods publishing. The Kit comprises eight quality volumes that provide practical and accessible advice on how to conduct stateof-the-art qualitative research. Each short text is written by leading researchers in each field, and provides the reader with a hands-on guide to what it is really like to do qualitative research in the field. Each book cross-references the other books in the kit, making this an invaluable tool for both teaching and for self-learning.

READERSHIP Upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students and academic researchers across the social sciences

2007 • 1320 pages Cloth (978-0-7619-4974-9) • £140.00

The Qualitative Research Kit titles are now also available to buy individually:

doIng focuS groupS

Rosaline barbour University of Dundee

Doing Focus Groups provides practical advice on planning and organizing successful groups. Rose Barbour discusses the advantages and limitations of using group discussion and demonstrates effective methods for collecting and analyzing data.

QuALiTATiVE RESEARCH KiT

March 2008 • 168 pages Paper (978-0-7619-4978-7) • £18.99

deSIgnIng QualItatIve reSearch

uwe Flick Alice-Salomon University of Applied Sciences, Berlin

Providing a comprehensive guide to devising an effective research design, Uwe Flick discusses each stage of the process of designing qualitative research in detail, including formulating a research design, selecting an appropriate strategy, conceptual framework and data source, and collecting and analyzing data.

QuALiTATiVE RESEARCH KiT

March 2008 • 120 pages Paper (978-0-7619-4976-3) • £18.99

ManagIng QualIty In QualItatIve reSearch

uwe Flick Alice-Salomon University of Applied Sciences, Berlin

In this volume attention is given to the fundamental question of how to define and assess the quality of research. Uwe Flick examines how to distinguish good research from bad when it comes to teaching, planning, evaluating and publishing qualitative research.

QuALiTATiVE RESEARCH KiT

March 2008 • 160 pages Paper (978-0-7619-4982-4) • £18.99

doIng and WrItIng QualItatIve reSearch

Second Edition

Adrian Holliday Canterbury Christ Church University

Accessible, practical and concise, this revised edition expertly tackles the practical problems which writers face when they attempt to transfer the rich data experience of their real-world research into a textual product. New attention is paid to the crucial issues of the nature and use of visual data, personal narrative, core and periphery data, and data reconstruction and fictionalization.

READERSHIP Students in all disciplines that engage in qualitative research, including sociology, applied linguistics, management, sport science, health studies and education

2007 • 216 pages Cloth (978-1-4129-1129-0) • £65.00 Paper (978-1-4129-1130-6) • £20.99

analySIng QualItatIve data

Graham R Gibbs University of Huddersfield

March 2008 • 176 pages • Paper (978-0-7619-4980-0) • £18.99

See page 19 for more information

doIng ethnographIc and obServatIonal reSearch

Michael Angrosino University of South Florida

2007 • 128 pages • Paper (978-0-7619-4975-6) • £18.99

See page 26 for more information

doIng IntervIeWS

Steinar Kvale University of Aarhus

March 2008 • 160 pages • Paper (978-0-7619-4977-0) • £18.99

See page 24 for more information

uSIng vISual data In QualItatIve reSearch

Marcus banks University of Oxford

March 2008 • 152 pages • Paper (978-0-7619-4979-4) • £18.99

See page 29 for more information

doIng converSatIon, dIScourSe and docuMent analySIS

Tim Rapley University of Newcastle upon Tyne

March 2008 • 160 pages • Paper (978-0-7619-4981-7) • £18.99

See page 20 for more information

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