TY - BOOK ID - 17595609 TI - The science of qualitative research PY - 2011 SN - 9780521148818 9780521768870 052176887X 0521148812 9780511779947 9780511990595 0511990596 9780511992568 0511992564 0511779941 1282967266 9781282967267 0511993781 9780511993787 9786612967269 6612967269 0511991584 9780511991585 0511986971 9780511986970 110721789X 051198877X PB - New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Qualitative research KW - Social sciences KW - Social science research KW - Qualitative analysis (Research) KW - Qualitative methods (Research) KW - Research KW - Qualitative research. KW - Research. KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Philosophy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17595609 AB - "This book is a unique examination of qualitative research in the social sciences. It explores the multiple roots of qualitative research in order to diagnose the current state of play and recommend an alternative"--Provided by publisher. "This book is a unique examination of qualitative research in the social sciences, raising and answering the question of why we do this kind of investigation. Rather than offering advice on how to conduct qualitative research, it explores the multiple roots of qualitative research including phenomenology, hermeneutics, and critical theory in order to diagnose the current state of play and recommend an alternative. The diagnosis is that much qualitative research today continues to employ the mind-world dualism that is typical of traditional experimental investigation. The recommendation is that we focus on constitution: the relationship of mutual formation between a form of life and its members. Michel Foucault's program for historical ontology of ourselves provides the basis for a fresh approach to investigation. The basic tools of qualitative research interviews, ethnographic fieldwork, and analysis of discourse are re-forged in order to articulate how our way of living makes us who we are, and so empower us to change this form of life"--cProvided by publisher. ER -