What is Qualitative Interviewing? by Rosalind Edwards

What is Qualitative Interviewing? by Rosalind Edwards

This book shows researchers and students how to begin with key questions and theories and the best interviewing tactic to take. What is Qualitative Interviewing? addresses the changes brought by new technologies as well as various enduring issues such as asking and listening, the implications of power dynamics.

Professors Rosalind Edwards and Janet Holland provide an easily digestible introductory text for newcomers to the qualitative aspects of social researchResearch can be daunting for beginners who are keen to engage in the interview process as a key method. What is Qualitative Interviewing? will no doubt provide the confidence for students to consider best practice when interviewing their participants ... A most definite must read for those plunging into their very first qualitative interviews. -- Sadia Habib * The Sociological Imagination *
We learn, with the utmost clarity and conciseness, a great deal about the key terms, the development of the method, forms of qualitative interviewing, research tools, practical aspects of conducting an interview ... and strengths, issues and the future of qualitative interviewing ... A really successful and readable book that will help you to understand and reflect upon qualitative interviewing. * Soziologische Revue (Bloomsbury translation) *
Good, easy, accessible book for undergraduate teaching that fits with what I teach and signposts students well. Succinct, but not too basic either. Good introduction to qualitative interviewing. -- Kaye Richards, Liverpool John Moores University, UK

Rosalind Edwards is Professor of Sociology at the University of Southampton, UK, and a co-director of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods. She is founding and co-editor of the International Journal of Social Research Methodology and currently sits on the Economic and Social Research Council’s Methods and Infrastructure Committee.

Janet Holland is Professor of Social Research at London South Bank University, UK. She was co-director (with Bren Neale) of the Timescapes Initiative (2007 to 2012) a unique qualitative longitudinal research study involving nine research projects and five UK universities. She is an elected member of the Academy of Social Sciences.

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ISBN 13	9781849668095
ISBN 10	1849668094
Title	What is Qualitative Interviewing?
Author	Rosalind Edwards
Series	The 'what Is?' Research Methods Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2013-10-24
Number of pages	144
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