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A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Qualitative Research David Silverman

A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Qualitative Research By David Silverman

A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Qualitative Research by David Silverman


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In this fabulous little book, David Silverman lays bare what he considers to be good and bad qualitative research and gets readers thinking about how they can come to understand the world and each other better through qualitative methods.

A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Qualitative Research Summary

A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Qualitative Research by David Silverman

The Second Edition of Qualitative Research provides a refreshing introduction to doing and debating qualitative research. The author uses updated content, ranging from photographs to novels and newspaper stories, to demonstrate how getting to grips with qualitative methods means asking ourselves fundamental questions about how we are influenced by contemporary culture.

Conceived by Chris Grey as an antidote to conventional textbooks, each book in the 'Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap' series takes a core area of the curriculum and turns it on its head by providing a critical and sophisticated overview of the key issues and debates in an informal, conversational and often humorous way.


Suitable for Undergraduate students who are new to qualitative research and even Postgraduates and Practitioners who want re-assess their current understanding of the field.



A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Qualitative Research Reviews

David Silverman guides the reader along an enlightening pathway, exploring current issues relevant to studying the minutia of social life through naturalistic data.
Sarah Seymour-Smith
Nottingham Trent University

A very short suggestion: read it immediately and discover how qualitative research is best carried out!
Lars Strannegard
Stockholm School of Economics


With this book it is Silverman's explicit intention to go beyond basic texts on research methods and elicit an interest in the arguments within the field of qualitative inquiry. In this sense, Silverman has achieved his goal of challenging accepted understandings of qualitative research methods. -- Rachel Fang

About David Silverman

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction Preface: Making a Space for This Book Chapter 1: Innumerable Inscrutable Habits: Why Unremarkable Things Matter Chapter 2: On Finding and Manufacturing Qualitative Data Chapter 3: Instances or Sequences? Chapter 4: Applying Qualitative Research Chapter 5: The Aesthetics of Qualitative Research: On Bullshit and Tonsils A Very Short Conclusion

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GOR006362594
9781446252185
1446252183
A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Qualitative Research by David Silverman
Used - Very Good
Paperback
SAGE Publications Ltd
20130115
200
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