Qualitative Interviewing

Produktbeschreibung

Using in-depth qualitative interviews, authors Herbert J. Rubin and Irene S. Rubin have researched topics ranging from community redevelopment programs to the politics of budgeting and been energized by the depth, thoroughness, and credibility of what was revealed. They describe in-depth qualitative interviewing from beginning to end, from its underlying philosophy and assumptions to project design, analysis and write up. 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Listening, Hearing, and Sharing
Chapter 2. Research Philosophy and Qualitative Interviews
Chapter 3. Qualitative Data Gathering Methods and Style
Chapter 4. Designing Research for the Responsive Interviewing Model
Chapter 5. Designing for Quality
Chapter 6. Conversational Partnerships
Chapter 7. The Responsive Interview as an Extended Conversation
Chapter 8. Structure of the Responsive Interview
Chapter 9. Designing Main Questions and Probes
Chapter 10. Preparing Follow-Up Questions
Chapter 11. Variants of the Responsive Interviewing Model
Chapter 12. Data Analysis in the Responsive Interviewing Model
Chapter 13. Sharing the Results
Chapter 14. Personal Reflections on Responsive Interviewing 

Autoreninfo

Herbert J. Rubin is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Northern Illinois University. He is the author of Applied Social Research and (with Irene Rubin) four editions of Community Organizing and Development. He has written articles based on in-depth interviewing that explore rural development in Thailand, suburban land-use fights, cooperative housing and economic and community development. Both his monograph on Thailand, The Dynamics of Development in Rural Development and his book on community renewal in the United States, Renewing Hope within Neighborhoods of Despair: The Community-based Development Model, are based on participant observation and hundreds of in-depth interviews. He is currently using open ended in depth interviews as well as participant observation to study organizations that advocate for the poor.