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Now in its fourth edition, Qualitative Research in Action continues to offer students a concise, clear introduction to the diverse world of qualitative research. Throughout this compelling work, Deborah K. van den Hoonaard and new co-author Lisa-Jo ven den Scott bring the research process to life by exploring a wide array of examples drawn from actual studies, including their own research experiences. Emphasizing communication, connection, and flexibility as the cornerstones of qualitative research, this new edition offers beginner students the foundation they need to conduct their first qualitative studies.

This fourth edition of Qualitative Research in Action sees the addition and emphasis of Indigenous content and methodologies, including new examples of working with Indigenous communities, along with new and expanded discussions on auto-ethnography, unobtrusive research, oral history, and talking circles.

Deborah K. van den Hoonaard is a sociologist and professor emerita at St. Thomas University. Along with Qualitative Research in Action, she is the author of By Himself, The Older Man's Experience of Widowhood (20102013, University of Toronto Press) and The Widowed Self: The Older Woman's Journey through Widowhood, published in 2001 by Wilfrid Laurier University Press. She is currently working on a study of women's experience of widowhood in the 21st century. Van den Hoonaard regularly talks to community groups about her research.

Lisa-Jo ven den Scott is an associate professor in the department of sociology at Memorial University. She is a co-editor of The Craft of Qualitative Research: A Handbook published by Canadian Scholars (2017). She has worked with Inuit communities in Nunavut studying the use of walls. She has also published work on reality TV and the sociology of time.