Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 20, 2013).
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. What do the key terms used about qualitative interviews mean? -- 2. How have qualitative interviews developed? -- 3. What forms can qualitative interviews take? -- 4. Where can qualitative interviews take place? -- 5. What sort of research tools can be used in conducting qualitative interviews? -- 6. What are the practicalities involved in conducting qualitative interviews? -- 7. What are the power and emotional dynamics of qualitative interviews? -- 8. What are the strengths, challenges and future of qualitative interviews?
Summary
What is Qualitative Interviewing? is an accessible and comprehensive 'what is' and 'how to' methods book. The authors set out the links between philosophies and theories of how to know about the social world with how to go about researching it using interviews. A series of short chapters explain a range of interview types and practices, providing examples of different interview tools. Drawing on their own and colleagues' experiences Holland and Edwards provide real research examples as informative illustrations of qualitative interviewing in practice. They discuss the use of new technologies i.