Ethnography: Principles in Practice - Softcover

Hammersley, Martyn; Atkinson, Paul

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9780415045179: Ethnography: Principles in Practice

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ISBN 10: 0415045177 ISBN 13: 9780415045179

Publisher: Routledge, 1990

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A 2nd revised edition of an introduction to the methods of ethnographic fieldwork. Features include the selection and sampling of cases, the problems of access, observation and interviewing, recording and filing data, and the process of data analysis. First published in 1990.

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About the Author:

Martyn Hammersley is Professor of Educational and Social Research at the Open University. His early research was in the sociology of education, focusing in particular on teachers' perspectives, patterns of classroom interaction, and assessment regimes. More recently he has investigated the representation of social research findings in the mass media. His most recent books are Taking Sides in Social Research (2000), Educational Research: Policy Making and Practice (2002), and Media Bias in Reporting Social Research? (2006).

Paul Atkinson is Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology at Cardiff University, where he is Associate Director of the ESRC Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics. His main research interests include the sociology of cultural production, the sociology of medical knowleddge, with particular emphasis on the social consequences of new genetic technologies and the development of qualitative research methods, including applications of information technology. His most recent books have been Everyday Arias: An Operatic Ethnography (2005) and Interactionism with William Housley (2003). Together with Sara Delamont he edits the journal Qualitative Research.

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