The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research

by Patricia Leavy

Overview

The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research, Second Edition presents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of the field of qualitative research. Divided into eight parts, the forty chapters address key topics in the field such as approaches to qualitative research (philosophical perspectives), narrative inquiry, field research, and interview methods, text, arts-based, and internet methods, analysis and interpretation of findings, and representation and evaluation. The handbook is intended for students of all levels, faculty, and researchers across the disciplines, and the contributors represent some of the most influential and innovative researchers as well as emerging scholars. This handbook provides a broad introduction to the field of qualitative research to those with little to no background in the subject, while providing substantive contributions to the field that will be of interest to even the most experienced researchers. It serves as a user-friendly teaching tool suitable for a range of undergraduate or graduate courses, as well as individuals working on their thesis or other research projects. With a focus on methodological instruction, the incorporation of real-world examples and practical applications, and ample coverage of writing and representation, this volume offers everything readers need to undertake their own qualitative studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780190847401
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	09/07/2020
Series:	Oxford Handbooks
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	848
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Patricia Leavy, PhD, is a leading researcher, acclaimed author, and public speaker. She has published more than twenty-five books, including Research Design: Quantitative, Qualitative, Mixed Methods, Arts-Based, and Community-Based Participatory Research Approaches, Handbook of Arts-Based Research, Method Meets Art, The Oxford Handbook of Methods for Public Scholarship, and the novels Spark, Blue, American Circumstance, and Low-Fat Love. She is also series creator and editor for eight book series with Oxford University Press and Brill-Sense, including the ground-breaking Social Fictions series. She has blogged for The Creativity Post, The Huffington Post, Mogul, and We Are the Real Deal and is cofounder and co-editor-in-chief of Art/Research International: A Transdisciplinary Journal. She has received career awards from the New England Sociological Association, the American Creativity Association, the American Educational Research Association, the National Art Education Association, and the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, and the State University of New York at New Paltz has established the "Patricia Leavy Award for Art and Social Justice."

Table of Contents

Preface 1. Introduction by the Editor: Patricia Leavy Part One: The Qualitative Tradition 2. Historical Overview of Qualitative Research in the Social Sciences: Svend Brinkmann, Michael Hviid Jacobsen, and S?ren Kristiansen 3. The History of Historical-Comparative Methods in Sociology: Chares Demetriou and Victor Roudometof 4. The Centrality of Ethics in Qualitative Research: Anna Traianou Part Two: Approaches to Qualitative Research 5. Philosophical Approaches to Qualitative Research: Ren?e Spencer, Julia M. Pryce, and Jill Walsh 6. Applied Interpretive Approaches: Sally E.Thorne 7. The Grounded Theory Method: Antony Bryant 8. Feminist Qualitative Research: Toward Transformation of Science and Social Justice: Maureen C. McHugh 9. Critical Approaches to Qualitative Research: Kum-Kum Bhavnani, Peter Chua, and Dana Collins 10. Decolonizing Research Practice: Indigenous Methodologies, Aboriginal Methods, and Knowledge/Knowing: Mike Evans, Adrian Miller, Peter Hutchinson, and Carlene Dingwall Part Three: Narrative Inquiry, Field Research, and Interview Methods 11. Practicing Narrative Inquiry II: Making Meanings Move: Arthur P. Bochnerand Andrew F. Herrmann 12. Ethnography: Anthony Kwame Harrison 13. Practicing Autoethnograhy and Living the Autoethnographic Life: Carolyn Ellis and Tony E. Adams 14. Duoethnography: A Polytheoretical Approach to (Re)Storing, (Re)Storying the Meanings that One Give: Joe Norris and Rick Sawyer 15. Unstructured and Semi-Structured Interviewing: Svend Brinkmann 16. Oral History Interviewing: With Purpose and Critical Awareness: Valerie J. Janesick 17. Focus Group Research: Retrospect and Prospect: George Kamberelis and Greg Dimitriadis 18. Museum Studies: Erica L. Tucker Part Four: Text, Arts-Based, and Internet Methods 19. Content Analysis: Lindsay Prior 20. Photography as a Research Method: Gunilla Holm 21. Arts-Based Research Practice: Merging Social Research and the Creative Arts: Gioia Chilton and Patricia Leavy 22. Qualitative Approaches in Internet-Mediated Research: Opportunities, Issues, Possibilities: Claire Hewson Part Five: Multi-Method, Mixed Methods, and Participatory Designs 23. Case Study Research: In-Depth Understanding in Context: Helen Simons 24. Program Evaluation: Paul R.Brandon and Anna L. Ah Sam 25. Community-Based Research: A Grass-Roots and Social Justice Orientation to Inquiry: Margaret Boyd 26. Complex Teams and Qualitative Research: Judith Davidson 27. Qualitative Disaster Research: DeeDee M. Bennett, Mark R. Landahl, Brenda D.Phillips 28. Conducting Mixed Methods Research: Using Dialectical Pluralism and Social Psychological Strategies: Susan A. Tucker, R. Burke Johnson, Tony Onwuegbuzie, and Marjorie L. Icenogle Part Six: Analysis and Interpretation 29. Qualitative Data Analysis Strategies: Johnny Salda?a 30. Computer-Assisted Analysis of Qualitative Research: Christina Silver and Ann F. Lewins 31. Interpretation Strategies in Qualitative Research: What, Why, How: Allen Trent and Jeasik Cho Part Seven: Representation and Evaluation 32. Writing Up Qualitative Research: Jane F.Gilgun 33. Transforming Field Notes into Text: Jessica Smartt Gullion 34. Creative Approaches to Writing: Sandra L. Faulkner and Sheila Squillante 35. Scripting Ethnodrama: Joe Salvatore 36. Write-Reach-Repeat: The Role and Rise of Public Intellectualism in Qualitative Research: Robin M. Boylorn 37. Evaluating Qualitative Research 2.0: Jeasik Cho and Allen Trent Part Eight: Conclusion: Politics, Pedagogy, and the Public 38. The Politics of Research: Michael D. Giardina and Joshua I. Newman 39. Superheroes and Superpowers: Contemplative, Creative, and De/Colonial Approaches to Teaching Qualitative Research: Kakali Bhattacharya 40. A Changing Terrain: Qualitative Research in the Age of Transdisciplinarity and Public Scholarship: Patricia Leavy

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Gary B Kaniuk, PsyD (Cermak Health Services)
Description: Qualitative research is a method used to study social phenomena, people in naturalistic settings, or underresearched areas. This book explores its philosophical approaches, methodology, and analysis and interpretation, while providing real-world examples.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide an introduction to "those with little to no background in the subject, while simultaneously providing substantive contributions to the field that will be of interest to even the most experienced researchers."
Audience: It is intended for "students of all levels, faculty, and researchers across the social sciences."
Features: The book notes that although qualitative research can be traced back to the late 19th century, the field began to advance in the 1960s with the advent of social movements in the areas of the environment, peace, and women's rights. The methodological approaches in sociology helped to advance the field of qualitative research. The authors emphasize the importance of ethical principles in research, such as minimizing harm, privacy, and respect for the individual. Part two explains various approaches to qualitative research, including post-positivism, a systematic way to introduce formal logic (inductive reasoning) to research, interpretive approaches that explore how understanding a phenomenon is influenced by people rather than logic, the grounded theory method developed in the 1960s that searches for new insights in social science research and feminist qualitative research, which has a goal of understanding the female experience, especially in terms of oppression and advocacy. The next part describes methodological issues, such as narrative inquiry, which considers personal meaning and identity, the ethnographic approach, which strives to understand the life of a specific cultural group by overt and covert means, and autoethnographic research, which seeks to describe the autobiographical accounts of the cultural members. Part four covers methods such as content analysis (study of inscription in documentation), photography (videos and still photos), creative arts, and internet-mediated research (IMR-email, instant chat, LISTSERVs, and discussion forums). Part five covers data collection tools, including the case study method, which has many different forms and is fairly popular, program evaluation, which is especially useful in education and social services, and community-based research, which uses multidisciplinary investigators. Part six is devoted to the analysis of qualitative data. The book ends by highlighting the importance of qualitative research and discussing its future. This volume contains numerous tables and figures which help clarify the data. The chapters are organized fairly uniformly with the following sections: Abstract, Key Words, Text, Conclusion, Future Directions, and References. There are no obvious shortcomings of the book.
Assessment: This comprehensive book on qualitative research has a solid foundation, with hundreds of references for follow-up. Readers will not be disappointed.

Doody's Review Service

"The book is a wonderful collection of chapters that together cover most of the innovative approaches, methodologies and analyses in the paradigm of qualitative research. Both novice and senior researchers in social sciences and education can benefit a lot from this diversity and improve their research design considerably. Likewise, students in courses of research methods can enrich their skills and competencies in data collection and analysis of all kinds." — The Qualitative Report

"Patricia Leavy has pulled together an impressive collection of essays from many of the leading scholars in qualitative inquiry. Including pieces that reflect more traditional as well as the most cutting edge work in qualitative research, this book will be a joy to use in the classroom and a necessary resource for any researcher working with qualitative methods."
—Ronald J. Pelias, Professor Emeritus, Southern Illinois University

"A book of quality and utility. Indeed everything you need to know about Qualitative Research but were too afraid to ask." —Carl Bagley PhD FRSA, Professor of Educational Sociology and Head of the School of Education, Durham University, United Kingdom

"The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research comes at just the right moment in the qualitative endeavor. At the threshold of the 21st Century, when existing disciplines are exploring new frontiers and transdisciplinarity stretches the limits of inquiry and understanding, Patricia Leavy's Handbook strengthens our grasp of philosophical and practical foundations. At the same time, we discover in this volume an enthusiastic advancement of innovative strategies and tools toward creating new and useful knowledge for the complex challenges that researchers face. Leavy's handbook is already the preferred bookmark for my own research and will become a required text for my students for years to come." —Candace Jesse Stout, Professor of Art Education at The Ohio State University

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