Defending Qualitative Research: Design, Analysis, and Textualization

ISBN-13: 9781032173528 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 176 str.

Mario Cardano

Opis

Focusing on the phases of qualitative research which precede and follow fieldwork - design, analysis, and textualization - this book offers new theoretical tools to tackle one of the most common criticisms advanced against qualitative research: its presumed lack of rigour.

Recenzje

‘… a lively, six-chapter volume that discusses, as the subtitle indicates, the characteristics of research design, data analysis and writing … The book represents a good reading resource for students.’ – Chiara Bassetti, Etnografia e Ricerca Qualitativa

Spis treści

Introduction 1. A Premise on Two Crucial Issues: Invisibility and Method2. Qualitative Research: A Portrait3. Theory of Argumentation Survival Kit4. The Qualitative Research Design5. On Qualitative Data Analysis6. The Textualization

O autorze

Mario Cardano is Full Professor of the Qualitative Methods for Social Research and the Sociology of Health at the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society, University of Turin, Italy.