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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450065003321

Titolo

Qualitative research in social work [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] Ian Shaw and Nick G. Gould

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2001

ISBN

1-4462-3502-5

1-84920-969-3

1-280-36976-0

9786610369768

1-4129-3345-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Collana

Introducing qualitative methods

Altri autori (Persone)

ShawIan

GouldNick

Disciplina

361.3072

Soggetti

Social service - Research - Methodology

Qualitative research

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-224) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on Authors and Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1 - The Social Work Context for Qualitative Research; Chapter 2 - A Review of Qualitative Research in Social Work; Chapter 3 - Caught Not Taught: Ethnographic Research at a Young People's Accommodation Project; Chapter 4 - Interviewing Interviewers and Knowing about Knowledge; Chapter 5 - Personal Troubles as Social Issues: A Narrative of Infertility in context; Chapter 6 - 'People Listened to What We Had to Say': Reflections on an Emancipatory Qualitative Evaluation

Chapter 7 - Auto-Ethnography as Reflexive Inquiry: The Research Act as Self-SurveillanceChapter 8 - Identufying Expert Social Work: Qualitative Practitioner Research; Chapter 9 - Fieldwork Choices in Context; Chapter 10 - Inquiry and Action: Qualitative Research and Professional Practice; Chapter 11 - The Consequences of Qualitative Social Work Research; References; Subject Index; Name Index

Sommario/riassunto

This work examines epistemological and methodological issues in



qualitative research where the agenda is set by social work practice. It provides a basis for adopting qualitative methodologies in research practice.