What's Wrong With Ethnography?
Author | : Martyn Hammersley |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2013-10-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781136115486 |
ISBN-13 | : 113611548X |
Rating | : 4/5 (48X Downloads) |
Download or read book What's Wrong With Ethnography? written by Martyn Hammersley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-11 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stimulating and refreshing study, written by one of the leading commentators in the field, provides novel answers to these crucial questions. "What's Wrong With Ethnography provides a fresh look at the rationale for and distinctiveness of ethnographic research in sociology, education and related fields, and succeeds in slaying a number of currently fashionable sacred cows. Relativism, critical theory, the uniqueness of the case study and the distinction between qualitative and quantitative research are all examined and found wanting as a basis for informed ethnography. The policy and political implications of ethnography are a particular focus of attention. The author compels the reader to reexamine some basic methodological assumptions in an exciting way", Martin Bulmer, London School of Economics.