Qualitative Research - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849204179 ISBN 13: 9781849204170

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

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This hugely successful textbook has been fully updated and revised to make it even more accessible and comprehensive than previous editions. New chapters have been added on a range of key topics, including grounded theory, research ethics and systematic review.

This book draws on a stellar list of leading qualitative researchers, each of whom is writing on their own specialized area in qualitative research, but doing so in a way that is clear and accessible to students and those new to the field of qualitative methods.

All chapters also have added features - such as internet links, questions for readers and recommended readings. Alongside its engaging and accessible style, these new features make Qualitative Research the ideal textbook for all students working within this field.

This is a comprehensive and accessible first text on qualitative methods that boasts a who′s who of leading qualitative methodologists and is a must-have book for any student involved in doing research.

About this title

About the Author

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. He is interested in conversation and discourse analysis and he has researched medical consultations and HIV-test counselling.

He is the author of Interpreting Qualitative Data (Seventh Edition, 2024) and A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Qualitative Research (Second Edition, 2013). He is also the editor of Qualitative Research (Sixth Edition, 2026) and the Sage series, Introducing Qualitative Methods. In recent years, he has offered short, hands-on workshops in qualitative research for research students and faculty at universities in Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia.

Now retired from full-time work, David aims to watch one hundred days of cricket a year. He also enjoys voluntary work in an old people’s home where he sings with residents with dementia and strokes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849204179
• ISBN 13: 9781849204170
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 464
• Editor: Silverman David