Context and Method in Qualitative Research

Robert Dingwall is a consulting sociologist through Dingwall Enterprises Ltd and part-time Professor of Sociology at Nottingham Trent University. He draws on more than forty years' experience as an academic researcher studying health care, legal services, and science and technology policy at the Universities of Aberdeen, Oxford and Nottingham. Over that time, he has held grants and contracts worth more than GBP7 million (at 2017 prices) in total from the Leverhulme and Wellcome Trusts, ESRC, NERC, MRC, EPSRC, BBSRC, the EU, the UK Department of Health and various NHS/NIHR programmes, the Ministry of Justice, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the Food Standards Agency. These have resulted in 30 books and more than 100 scientific papers. Robert Dingwall is also an experienced manager: he served for five years as head of a large social science department and founded and directed what was one of Europe's leading research institutes in science and technology studies for 12 years. Robert has been a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences since 2002 and an Honorary Member of the Faculty of Public Health since 2014. He was awarded the 2019 Prize for Contributions to the Socio-Legal Community by the Socio-Legal Studies Association.

Introduction - Gale Miller Context and Method in Qualitative Research PART ONE: VALIDITY AND PLAUSIBILITY IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH The Logics of Qualitative Research - David Silverman Producing `Plausible Stories' - Kath M Melia Interviewing Student Nurses Techniques of Validation in Qualitative Research - Michael Bloor A Critical Commentary PART TWO: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH Accounts, Interviews and Observations - Robert Dingwall Problems with Interviewing - Isobel Bowler Experiences with Service Providers and Clients Contextualizing Texts - Gale Miller Studying Organizational Texts Using Computers in Strategic Qualitative Research - Tom Durkin Dramaturgy and Methodology - Scott A Hunt and Robert D Benford Research Techniques from a Theatrical Perspective PART THREE: ANALYZING INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS Network Analysis and Qualitative Research - Emmanuel Lazega A Method of Contextualization The Interactional Study of Organizations - Robert Dingwall and P M Strong A Critique and Reformulation Toward Ethnographies of Institutional Discourse - Gale Miller Proposal and Suggestions PART FOUR: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH AS A MORAL DISCOURSE Ethnography and Justice - David L Altheide and John M Johnson One Branch of Moral Science - P M Strong An Early Modern Approach to Public Policy Conclusion - Robert Dingwall The Moral Discourse of Interactionism

`A coherent collection combining theoretical, philosophical and practical aspects of qualitative research. Those who are grappling with the many challenges of social research, whether experienced or beginners, will find this book an invaluable resource' - Journal of Advanced Nursing