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ISBN-10:: 0190847387
ISBN-13:: 9780190847388
Pub. Date:: 08/21/2020
Publisher:: Oxford University Press

ISBN-10:: 0190847387
ISBN-13:: 9780190847388
Pub. Date:: 08/21/2020
Publisher:: Oxford University Press

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The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research, Second Edition presents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of the field of qualitative research. Divided into eight parts, the forty chapters address key topics in the field such as approaches to qualitative research (philosophical perspectives), narrative inquiry, field research, and interview methods, text, arts-based, and internet methods, analysis and interpretation of findings, and representation and evaluation. The handbook is intended for students of all levels, faculty, and researchers across the disciplines, and the contributors represent some of the most influential and innovative researchers as well as emerging scholars.

This handbook provides a broad introduction to the field of qualitative research to those with little to no background in the subject, while providing substantive contributions to the field that will be of interest to even the most experienced researchers. It serves as a user-friendly teaching tool suitable for a range of undergraduate or graduate courses, as well as individuals working on their thesis or other research projects. With a focus on methodological instruction, the incorporation of real-world examples and practical applications, and ample coverage of writing and representation, this volume offers everything readers need to undertake their own qualitative studies.

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ISBN-13:	9780190847388
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/21/2020
Series:	Oxford Handbooks
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	1280
Product dimensions:	9.80(w) x 6.80(h) x 2.30(d)

About the Author

Patricia Leavy, PhD, is a leading researcher, acclaimed author, and public speaker.She has published a dozen non-fiction books including the best-seller Method Meets Art: Arts-Based Research Practice, Essentials of Transdisciplinary Research: Using Problem-Centered Methodologies, Fiction as Research Practice and Oral History: Understanding Qualitative Research as well as two academic novels, American Circumstance and Low-Fat Love. She is the editor for four book series, is frequently called on by the media, has appeared on national television and radio, and is a blogger for The Huffington Post. The New England Sociological Association named Leavy the 2010 New England Sociologist of the Year and she has been nominated for a lifetime achievement award by the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry and a Special Achievement award by the American Creativity Association. In 2018, she received the Distinguished Service Outside The Profession Award given by the National Art Education Association.

Preface

1. Introduction
Patricia Leavy

Part One: The Qualitative Tradition

2. Historical Overview of Qualitative Research in the Social Sciences
Svend Brinkmann, Michael Hviid Jacobsen, and Søren Kristiansen

3. The History of Historical-Comparative Methods in Sociology
Chares Demetriou and Victor Roudometof

4. The Centrality of Ethics in Qualitative Research
Anna Traianou

Part Two: Approaches to Qualitative Research

5. Philosophical Approaches to Qualitative Research
Renée Spencer, Julia M. Pryce, and Jill Walsh

6. Applied Interpretive Approaches
Sally E. Thorne

7. The Grounded Theory Method
Antony Bryant

8. Feminist Qualitative Research: Toward Transformation of Science and Society
Maureen C. McHugh

9. Critical Approaches to Qualitative Research
Kum-Kum Bhavnani, Peter Chua, and Dana Collins

10. Decolonizing Research Practice: Indigenous Methodologies, Aboriginal Methods, and Knowledge/Knowing
Mike Evans, Adrian Miller, Peter Hutchinson, and Carlene Dingwall

Part Three: Narrative Inquiry, Field Research, and Interview Methods

11. Practicing Narrative Inquiry
Arthur P. Bochner and Nicholas A. Riggs

12. Ethnography
Anthony Kwame Harrison

13. The Purposes, Practices, and Principles of Autoethnographic Research
Carolyn Ellis and Tony E. Adams

14. Unstructured and Semi-Structured Interviewing
Svend Brinkmann

15. Oral History Interviewing: Issues and Possibilities
Valerie J. Janesick

16. Focus Group Research: Retrospect and Prospect
George Kamberelis and Greg Dimitriadis

17. Museum Studies
Erica L. Tucker

Part Four: Text, Arts-Based, and Internet Methods

18. Content Analysis
Lindsay Prior

19. Photography as a Research Method
Gunilla Holm

20. Arts-Based Research Practice: Merging Social Research and the Creative Arts
Gioia Chilton and Patricia Leavy

21. Qualitative Approaches in Internet-Mediated Research: Opportunities, Issues, Possibilities
Claire Hewson

Part Five: Multi-Method, Mixed-Method, and Participatory Designs

22. Case Study Research: In-Depth Understanding in Context
Helen Simons

23. Program Evaluation
Paul R. Brandon and Anna L. Ah Sam

24. Community-Based Research: Understanding the Principles, Practices, Challenges, and Rationale Margaret R. Boyd

25. Lineages: A Past, Present, and Future of Participatory Action Research
Sarah M. Zeller-Berkman

26. Qualitative Disaster Research
Brenda D. Phillips

27. Conducting Mixed Methods Research: Using Dialectical Pluralism and Social Psychological Strategies
R. Burke Johnson, Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie, Susan A. Tucker, and Marjorie L. Icenogle

Part Six: Analysis, Interpretation, Representation, and Evaluation

28. Coding and Analysis Strategies
Johnny Saldaña

29. Computer-Assisted Analysis of Qualitative Research
Christina Silver and Ann F. Lewins

30. Interpretation Strategies: Appropriate Concepts
Allen Trent and Jeasik Cho

31. Writing Up Qualitative Research
Jane F. Gilgun

32. Evaluating Qualitative Research
Jeasik Cho and Allen Trent

Part Seven: Conclusion: Politics and the Public

33. The Politics of Research
Michael D. Giardina and Joshua I. Newman

34. A Brief Statement on the Public and the Future of Qualitative Research
Patricia Leavy

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Editorial Reviews

"The book is a wonderful collection of chapters that together cover most of the innovative approaches, methodologies and analyses in the paradigm of qualitative research. Both novice and senior researchers in social sciences and education can benefit a lot from this diversity and improve their research design considerably. Likewise, students in courses of research methods can enrich their skills and competencies in data collection and analysis of all kinds." — The Qualitative Report
"Patricia Leavy has pulled together an impressive collection of essays from many of the leading scholars in qualitative inquiry. Including pieces that reflect more traditional as well as the most cutting edge work in qualitative research, this book will be a joy to use in the classroom and a necessary resource for any researcher working with qualitative methods."
—Ronald J. Pelias, Professor Emeritus, Southern Illinois University
"A book of quality and utility. Indeed everything you need to know about Qualitative Research but were too afraid to ask." —Carl Bagley PhD FRSA, Professor of Educational Sociology and Head of the School of Education, Durham University, United Kingdom
"The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research comes at just the right moment in the qualitative endeavor. At the threshold of the 21st Century, when existing disciplines are exploring new frontiers and transdisciplinarity stretches the limits of inquiry and understanding, Patricia Leavy's Handbook strengthens our grasp of philosophical and practical foundations. At the same time, we discover in this volume an enthusiastic advancement of innovative strategies and tools toward creating new and useful knowledge for the complex challenges that researchers face. Leavy's handbook is already the preferred bookmark for my own research and will become a required text for my students for years to come." —Candace Jesse Stout, Professor of Art Education at The Ohio State University

From the Publisher

Reviewer: Gary B Kaniuk, PsyD (Cermak Health Services)
Description: Qualitative research is a method used to study social phenomena, people in naturalistic settings, or underresearched areas. This book explores its philosophical approaches, methodology, and analysis and interpretation, while providing real-world examples.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide an introduction to "those with little to no background in the subject, while simultaneously providing substantive contributions to the field that will be of interest to even the most experienced researchers."
Audience: It is intended for "students of all levels, faculty, and researchers across the social sciences."
Features: The book notes that although qualitative research can be traced back to the late 19th century, the field began to advance in the 1960s with the advent of social movements in the areas of the environment, peace, and women's rights. The methodological approaches in sociology helped to advance the field of qualitative research. The authors emphasize the importance of ethical principles in research, such as minimizing harm, privacy, and respect for the individual. Part two explains various approaches to qualitative research, including post-positivism, a systematic way to introduce formal logic (inductive reasoning) to research, interpretive approaches that explore how understanding a phenomenon is influenced by people rather than logic, the grounded theory method developed in the 1960s that searches for new insights in social science research and feminist qualitative research, which has a goal of understanding the female experience, especially in terms of oppression and advocacy. The next part describes methodological issues, such as narrative inquiry, which considers personal meaning and identity, the ethnographic approach, which strives to understand the life of a specific cultural group by overt and covert means, and autoethnographic research, which seeks to describe the autobiographical accounts of the cultural members. Part four covers methods such as content analysis (study of inscription in documentation), photography (videos and still photos), creative arts, and internet-mediated research (IMR-email, instant chat, LISTSERVs, and discussion forums). Part five covers data collection tools, including the case study method, which has many different forms and is fairly popular, program evaluation, which is especially useful in education and social services, and community-based research, which uses multidisciplinary investigators. Part six is devoted to the analysis of qualitative data. The book ends by highlighting the importance of qualitative research and discussing its future. This volume contains numerous tables and figures which help clarify the data. The chapters are organized fairly uniformly with the following sections: Abstract, Key Words, Text, Conclusion, Future Directions, and References. There are no obvious shortcomings of the book.
Assessment: This comprehensive book on qualitative research has a solid foundation, with hundreds of references for follow-up. Readers will not be disappointed.

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