Qualitative Methods

D. Jean Clandinin, one of the pioneers in using narrative as research, updates her classic formulation on narrative inquiry—clarifying, extending and refining the method based upon an additional decade of work...

Rushing’s study of over 200 young, bright women mentored by older scholars, usually men, is the subject of this eloquent book, which uses mythology and Jungian psychology to elicit women’s self understanding and personal development...

Community-based research (CBR) is the most commonly used method for serving community needs and effecting change through authentic, ethical, and meaningful social research. In this brief introduction to CBR, the real-world approach of noted experts Vera Caine and Judy Mill helps novice researchers u..

This brief, practical guide shows you how to identify the right journal or book publisher for your work and guides you through the publications process, from the abstract through writing, production, and marketing...

This brief, inexpensive guide introduces students and novices to the key elements of qualitative research methods. Written in a friendly, conversational style, replete with good examples from multiple disciplines, and emphasizing key points to remember, the volume works ideally with other qualitativ..

This widely used introduction to evaluation is a practical, no-nonsense guide for busy program staff in human services who are asked to conduct evaluations without any previous training. The book offers a practical overview of the main approaches to evaluation, strategies for involving stakeholders,..

This reader introduces students to the social research process by pairing 16 published research articles with candid interviews with the lead researcher on each study...

Patricia Leavy, herself both a highly published qualitative researcher and a novelist, explores the overlaps and intersections between these two ways of understanding and describing human experience, including a methodological introduction and five stories showing these methods in action...

This is the first comprehensive textbook to address the various methodologies of conducting qualitative research using a social justice paradigm...

This focused collection of original papers addresses the global dynamics of qualitative inquiry, focusing on the changing landscape of social media, human rights, the Global South, and decolonizing methodologies...

In Globalized Nostalgia, Christina Ceisel shows how national identity is being remade for the global marketplace. Through media, cultural events, foodways, and personal narratives, we see how notions of the past are mobilized towards varied political, economic, and cultural ends...

In Globalized Nostalgia, Christina Ceisel shows how national identity is being remade for the global marketplace. Through media, cultural events, foodways, and personal narratives, we see how notions of the past are mobilized towards varied political, economic, and cultural ends...