Qualitative Research

Qualitative Research brings together all of the major topics and issues in qualitative research in this major work which assembles the best published material in this field.

Collectively, the contributions: give a panoramic view of qualitative research today; reflect the international and interdisciplinary character of qualitative research; document the essential issues in qualitative research; and demonstrate the relations between different research traditions.

Each of the four volumes carry an 8-10,000 word introduction which places the examination of qualitative research issues in the appropriate historical and intellectual context.

Volume 1 covers the fundamental issues about qualitative research, including epistemological ones. A wide range of case-studies are included. Volume 2 covers the different methods with which qualitative research is associated. Volume 3 deals with the analysis and interpretation of qualitative data, as well as with writing up the results of research. Volume 4 contains selections relating to a wide range of specific issues in qualitative research in the appropriate historical and intellectual context.