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Summary:

It will aim to be one of possibly the central contemporary international text in this field for social work researchers, bringing together in one volume the developments and debates that have been seen in recent years in peer reviewed journals, including the Sage journal Qualitative Social Work (founded and co-edited by one of us).

Table of Contents:

• What is Distinctive about Qualitative Social Work Research?
• Qualitative Research and the Social Work Context
• Researching the Social Work Field
• Qualitative Methods in Social Work
• a Review
• Doing Qualitative Social Work Research
• Reviewing Research
• Qualitative Designs
• Ethics in Qualitative Research
• Asking Questions
• Telling Stories
• Traces and Deposits in Texts and Documents
• Living in Place, Space and Time
• Anticipating Analysis and Making Sense of Qualitative Data
• Doing Qualitative Analysis
• The Purposes of Qualitative Social Work Research
• Researching and Evaluating Interventions and Outcomes
• Social Justice
• Qualitative Research and Practice
• The Consequences of Qualitative Research.

Author/Creator:

Shaw, Ian, 1945- , author

Contributors:

Holland, Sally , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Doing qualitative research in social work [by Shaw, I.]

Subjects:

Social service — Research — Methodology

Social service

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 312-341) and indexes.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations

Call Numbers:

HV11 .S4823 2014eb

ISBNs:

9781473906006 (ebook)
9781446252826 (hbk.) [Invalid]
1446252825 (hbk.) [Invalid]
1446252876 (pbk.) [Invalid]
9781446252871 (pbk.) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2013950322

OCLC Numbers:

918560097

Other Control Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: SAGE000001246