TY - BOOK ID - 52453059 TI - Reflexive Methodology : New Vistas for Qualitative Research AU - Alvesson, Mats AU - Sköldberg, Kaj PY - 2018 SN - 9781473964242 9781473964235 PB - Los Angeles | London | New Delhi | Singapore | Washington DC | Melbourne Sage DB - UniCat KW - Science KW - Qualitative methods in social research KW - Research methodology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:52453059 AB - Reflexivity is an essential part of the research process. Mats Alvesson and Kaj Sköldberg make explicit the links between techniques used in empirical research and different research traditions, giving a theoretically informed approach to qualitative research. The authors provide balanced reviews and critiques of the major schools of grounded theory, ethnography, hermeneutics, critical theory, postmodernism and poststructuralism, discourse analysis, genealogy and feminism. Useful reading for students and researchers across the social sciences.The first edition established itself as a ground-breaking success, providing researchers with an invaluable guide to a central problem in research methodology - namely, how to put field research and interpretations in perspective, paying attention to the interpretive, political and rhetorical nature of empirical research. The second edition introduced a new chapter on positivism, social constructionism and critical realism, and offered new conclusions on the applications of methodology.This third edition of Reflexive Methodology provides further updates on new research, including neorealism, and illustrations and applications of reflexive methodology in formulating research strategies, that build on the acclaimed and successful previous editions. (Bron: Sage Publ.) ER -