Product Description

Once again, editors Norman K Denzin and Yvonna S Lincoln have put together a volume that represents the state of the art for the theory and practice of qualitative inquiry. Built on the considerable foundations of the landmark first (1994) and second editions (2000) the Third Edition moves qualitative research boldly into the 21st century. The editors and authors ask how the practices of qualitative inquiry can be used to address issues of social justice in this new century.

As with the second edition, the Third Edition represents virtually a new handbook. There are 14 totally new topics, including, among others, indigenous research, institutional review boards and human subject research, critical and performance ethnography, arts-based inquiry, narrative inquiry, Foucault, the ethics and strategies of on-line research, cultural and investigative poetics, the politics of evaluation. Over half of the 42 chapters are written by new authors. Every returning chapter has been thoroughly revised and updated. The organization is clear and sensible, moving from the general to the specific and from the past to the present and the future.

The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research is far-reaching and comprehensive, featuring a virtual `Who's Who' in the human sciences. It is absolutely an essential text for the library of any academic interested in the art, science and practice of qualitative research.

Click on 'Sample Chapters & Resources' to download the introduction. (20050914)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #127869 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1232 pages

Review
"Like previous editions, this offers the most comprehensive analysis in a single volume of the theories, techniques, and foundational thought underpinning qualitative inquiry...Highly recommended." (R.V. Labaree CHOICE )

About the Author

Norman K. Denzin is Professor of Communications, Sociology and Humanities at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Editor of Studies in Symbolic Interaction: A Research Journal and The Sociological Quarterly, Dr. Denzin is the author of numerous books. He is the recipient of two awards from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction: The Cooley Award in 1988, and the George Herbert Mead Award for lifetime contribution to the study of human behavior in 1997.

Yvonna S. Lincoln is Professor of Higher Education and Educational Administration at Texas A & M University. She is author, coauthor, or editor of such books as Naturalistic Inquiry and Fourth Generation Evaluation (both with Egon G. Guba), and Organizational Theory and Inquiry. Vice President of Division J (Postsecondary Education) of the American Educational Research Association, Dr. Lincoln formerly served as president of the American Evaluation Association and is the recipient of many prestigious awards. Dr. Lincoln coedited, with Dr. Denzin, the Handbook of Qualitative Research.

Customer Reviews

A fantastic book for students or an aide-memoire
This book has everything to detail and in simplified language for new students to learn from. I am a student myself and took a look at the book and was amazed by its ability to cover so many topics and exactly what you need. It is such a wanted book in our university library that it is reference only...

It is also useful as an aide-memoire for people returning to research subjects, just to recap on those minor details you may have forgotten.

All you will ever need
The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research
Comprehensive and wide ranging with thorough well edited articles. This will support the professional qualitative researcher for years as well as guiding students up to and through master and doctoral levels. The wide range of material allows the researcher to compare and understand alternative approaches and schools of thought and practice all in one albeit very large volume. However this handbook is a great investment with a very long shelf life.