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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450065003321
• 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.

Alternatives for environmental valuation / / edited by Michael Getzner, Clive L. Spash and Sigrid Stagl

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457564903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005
• ISBN: 1-134-38924-8; 1-134-38923-X; 1-280-10359-0; 0-203-41287-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (315 p.)
• Collana: Routledge explorations in environmental economics ; ; 4
• Classificazione: 43.34; 83.63
• Altri autori (Persone): GetznerMichael; SpashClive L; StaglSigrid <1965->
• Disciplina: 179/.1
• Soggetti: Environmental ethics; Environmental protection - Moral and ethical aspects; Human ecology - Philosophy; Environmental economics; 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Exploring alternatives for environmental valuation; Extending the environmental valuation approach; A framework for valuing nature: regional biodiversity; Non-use values and attitudes: wetlands threatened by climate change; Modelling environmental behaviour: socio-psychological simulation; Taking multiple criteria into account; ; Assessing the quality of different MCDA methods; MCDA and stakeholder participation: valuing forest resources; Confronting risk with precaution: a multi-criteria mapping of genetically modified cropsDeliberation, participation and value expression; Consumer valuation and citizen deliberation: towards a comparison; Three approaches to valuing nature: forest floodplain restoration; Deliberation and economic valuation: national park management; The challenges of stakeholder participation: agri-environmental policy; Preference transformation through deliberation: protecting world heritage; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The critical analysis carried out within this book by such figures as Nick Hanley and Jonathan Aldered are vital to ensuring that future economic growth is not achieved at the expense of our environment.