Synopsis
In the new edition of his bestselling book, Uwe Flick introduces the main theoretical approaches to qualitative research, and provides unmatched coverage of the full range of methods available to qualitative researchers. Organised around the process of doing qualitative research, the book guides you through ethics, research design, data collection and data analysis.
New to this edition:
• A new chapter outlining methodological approaches to qualitative research
• New introductory sections at the beginning of each of the book’s seven parts, which also define the key terms
• Lots of new practical examples that show how to carry out all aspects of a qualitative research project
• New exercises that help to test your understanding of what you’ve read
• A brand new companion website full of resources for lecturers and students including suggested answers to the exercises in the book, full text journal articles and links to additional resources
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Biographie de l'auteur
Uwe Flick is a trained psychologist and sociologist. He is Professor of Qualitative Research in Education at the Free University in Berlin, Germany. Previously, he was Professor of Qualitative Research in Political Sciences at the University in Vienna, Austria, and Professor of Qualitative Research in Social Work, Nursing and Gerontology at Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, Germany. Before that, he was Adjunct Professor at the Memorial University of Newfoundland at St. John s, Canada and has been a Lecturer at the Free University of Berlin in Research Methodology, a Reader and Assistant Professor at the Technical University of Berlin in Qualitative Methods and Evaluation; and Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Medical Sociology at the Hannover Medical School. He has held visiting appointments at the London School of Economics, the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, at Cambridge University (UK), Memorial University of St. John s (Canada), University of Lisbon (Portugal), Institute of Higher Studies in Vienna, in Italy and Sweden, and at the School of Psychology at Massey University, Auckland (NZ). His main research interests are qualitative methods, social representations in the fields of individual and public health, vulnerability in fields like youth homelessness or migration and technological change in everyday life. He is author Designing Qualitative Research (London: SAGE 2007) and Managing Quality in Qualitative Research (London: SAGE 2007) and editor of The SAGE Qualitative Research Kit (London: SAGE 2007), A Companion to Qualitative Research (London: SAGE 2004), Psychology of the Social (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), Quality of Life and Health: Concepts, Methods and Applications (Berlin: Blackwell Science, 1995), and La perception quotidienne de la Santé et la Maladie: Théories subjectives et Représentations sociales (Paris: L Harmattan, 1993). As his most recent publications, he wrote Introducing Research Methodology A Beginners Guide to Doing a Research Project and edits the SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Data Analysis (London: SAGE 2014).
Présentation de l'éditeur
In the new edition of his bestselling book, Uwe Flick introduces all of the main theoretical approaches to qualitative research, and provides unmatched coverage of the full range of qualitative methods now available to researchers. Organised around the process of doing qualitative research, the book guides you through ethics, research design, data collection, and data analysis.
In this fifth edition, you will find:
- A new chapter outlining methodological approaches to qualitative research
- New introductory sections at the beginning of each of the book’s 7 parts, which prepare the ground and define key terms
- Lots of new practical examples which show you how to carry out all aspects of a qualitative research project
- New exercises which give you a chance to test your understanding of what you’ve read
Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.
