Max Travers is a reader in Sociology at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, where he has been since 1992. Before that he lectured at Plymouth University. He has an MA in History, an MA in Economics and a PhD in Sociology. He is also a Solicitor of the Supreme Court.
Request Academic Copy
Please copy the ISBN for submitting review copy form
Description
What Is Qualitative Research? PART ONE: THE INTERPRETIVE TRADITION Addressing `Lived Experience' Symbolic Interactionism and Ethnography Varieties of Symbolic Interactionism Grounded Theory and Dramaturgical Analysis Investigating Practices Ethnomethodological Ethnography Researching Language Conversation Analysis PART TWO: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES From Description to Critique Feminism and Qualitative Research Postmodern Ethnography PART THREE: CONCLUSION The Craft of Qualitative Research
`The great strength of this book is that it provides a clear and well-structured overview of some of the diverse approaches that are currently available within the qualitative tradition' - British Journal of Educational Psychology