Constructing Grounded Theory (Introducing Qualitative Methods) - Softcover

Kathy Charmaz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0857029142 ISBN 13: 9780857029140

Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2014

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This second edition of Kathy Charmaz's groundbreaking, bestselling text retains the accessible and engaging style of the first edition to present a benchmark introduction to doing grounded theory from a constructivist perspective.

This expanded second edition:

- Explores how to effectively focus on data collection and to think about it for theorizing

- Adds two new chapters that guide the reader through conducting and analysing interviews in grounded theory studies

- Adds a new chapter on the relationship between symbolic interactionism and grounded theory

- Considers recent epistemological debates about the place of prior theory and the legacy of Anselm Strauss for grounded theory

This is a seminal title for anyone serious about understanding and doing grounded theory research.

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Kathy Charmaz was Professor Emerita of Sociology and the former director of the Faculty Writing Program at Sonoma State University. She joined the first cohort of doctoral students at the University of California, San Francisco, where she studied with Anselm Strauss. She wrote in the areas of social psychology, medical sociology, qualitative methods, and grounded theory, and over her career wrote, coauthored, or coedited 14 books, including two award-winning works: Good Days, Bad Days; The Self in Illness and Time, and Constructing Grounded Theory.

She received the George Herbert Mead award for lifetime achievement from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, the Leo G. Reeder award for distinguished contributions from the Medical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association and the Lifetime Achievement award from the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Professor Charmaz also gave workshops on qualitative methods, grounded theory, symbolic interactionism, and scholarly writing around the globe.

 

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Presenting readers with a reflective view of Grounded Theory from a constructivist perspective, this Second Edition continues to expertly introduce key debates in the field.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0857029142
• ISBN 13: 9780857029140
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 408
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