What's Wrong With Ethnography?

What's Wrong With Ethnography?
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9781136115486
ISBN-13 : 113611548X
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Book Synopsis What's Wrong With Ethnography? by : Martyn Hammersley

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.


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