Qualitative Research in the Post-Modern Era Contexts of Qualitative Research /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cooper, Karyn (Editor), White, Robert E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Social Sciences.; Social Sciences, general.

Qualitative Research is changing as a result of postmodern influences which have changed the way research is interpreted and understood. This has prompted questions which have been knocking at the door of qualitative research for some time now: Who is the researcher in this research account? How doe...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements.- 1. Towards Understanding Research
• 2. The Qualitative (R)Evolution?
• 3. The Autobiographical Context
• 4. The Historical Context
• 5. The Political Context
• 6. The Postmodern Context.- 7. The Philosophical Context
• 8. The Art and Practice of Research in the Postmodern Era
• Appendices
• Index.