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Foundations of qualitative research : interpretive and critical approaches / Jerry W. Willis with Muktha Jost, Rema Nilakanta.

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This text introduces key theoretical and epistemological concepts in an accessible style together with historical and current real-world examples employed to bring these otherwise difficult concepts to life.

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Online Access: Full Text (via SAGE)
Main Author: Willis, Jerry, 1942-
Other Authors: Jost, Muktha, Nilakanta, Rema
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London : SAGE, 2007.
Subjects:
Qualitative research.
Social sciences > Methodology.
Social sciences > Research.
Table of Contents:
  • List of definitions and articles of interest
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • World views, paradigms, and the practice of social science research
  • History and context of paradigm development
  • Foundational issues: postpositivist and critical perspectives
  • History and foundations of interpretivist research
  • Frameworks for qualitative research
  • General guidelines for qualitative research
  • Methods of qualitative research
  • Approaches to data analysis and interpretation
  • 21st century social science: peering into the future
  • Index
  • About the author.

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