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Ethnography provides a systematic and coherent account of ethnographic principles and practice. Rejecting the over-simplified contrast between positivism' and 'naturalism', but also questioning more recent critiques of these positions, the authors argue that ethnography is best understood as a reflexive process. Above all, what this means is that we must recognise that social research is part of the world that it studies. From an outline of the principle of reflexivity in Chapter One, the authors go on to discuss and exemplify the main features of ethnographic work: * the selection and sampling of cases * the problems of access * observation and interviewing * recording and filing data * the process of data analysis and writing research reports There is also consideration of the ethical issues surrounding ethnographic research.
Throughout, the discussion draws on a wide range of illustrative material from classic and more recent studies in Britain, America and elsewhere.
p1_Marshall and Rossman(1989)list six forms of qualitative research, while in the field of education Jacob finds seven or eight distinct qualitative paradigms in the United States (Jacob 1987),and similar diversity is to be found in British work in that field (Atkinson et al. 1988).
Product details:
Authors: Hammersley, M., & Atkinson, P.
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 2Rev Ed edition (1994)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0415086647
ISBN-13: 978-0415086646
Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.2 x 2 cm
