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Qualitative longitudinal research : research methods / Bren Neale.

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"First published as What is Qualitative Longitudinal Research?, this title is now available as part of the Bloomsbury Research Methods series. This book offers a definitive introduction to Qualitative Longitudinal Research (QLR) by Bren Neale, one of the world's foremost authorities in the...

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Online Access: Full Text (via SAGE)
Main Author: Neale, Bren (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
Series:Bloomsbury research methods.
Subjects:
Social sciences > Longitudinal studies.
Qualitative research > Methodology.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Series foreword
  • Chapter 1: Introducing qualitative longitudinal research
  • Introduction
  • Thinking through time
  • An evolving methodology
  • Mapping the field
  • Engaging with time: Key dimensions
  • Longitudinal and life course research
  • Mapping developments in qualitative temporal research
  • Concluding reflections
  • Chapter 2: Conceptual foundations: Rethinking time and the life course
  • Introduction
  • Rethinking time
  • Timescapes: Flows of time
  • Prospective-retrospective: Looking forwards, looking back
  • Intensive-extensive: Time frames and tempos
  • Micro-macro: The scales of time
  • Time-space: The spatial dimensions of time
  • Continuous-discontinuous: The synchronicities of time
  • Intersecting timescapes
  • Time and the life course
  • Rethinking turning points, transitions and trajectories
  • Concluding reflections
  • Chapter 3: Crafting qualitative longitudinal research: Design and sampling
  • The research process as a journey
  • Research questions and conceptual mapping
  • Designing QL research
  • Prospective-retrospective: Looking forwards, looking back
  • Intensive-extensive: Time frames and tempos
  • Temporal sampling: The logic of cases, themes and time
  • Purposive sampling
  • Sample size, breadth and depth
  • Re-sampling through time
  • Longitudinal panels and cohorts
  • Generational cohorts and family chains
  • Concluding reflections
  • Chapter 4: Walking alongside: Sustaining ethical relationships
  • Introduction
  • Recruiting and maintaining samples over time
  • Recruitment
  • Strategies for maintaining contact
  • Re-tracing participants over extensive time frames
  • When to give up?
  • Sustaining relationships
  • The ethics of walking alongside
  • Process consent
  • Confidentiality, authenticity and shared authority
  • Reciprocity and professional boundaries
  • Privacy
  • The extent of participation
  • Concluding reflections
  • Chapter 5: Journeys with data: Field enquiry and analysis
  • Generating QL data
  • Generating data through time: Continuity and flexibility
  • Temporal interviewing
  • Participatory tools and techniques
  • Constructing a tool kit
  • Qualitative longitudinal analysis
  • Conceptual scaffolding
  • The distinctive momentum and logic of QLA
  • Concluding reflections
  • Chapter 6: Looking back, looking forwards: The value of qualitative longitudinal research
  • Weighing the strengths and challenges
  • And then what?
  • References
  • Index

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