Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Preface -- Patricia Leavy -- 1. Introduction -- Patricia Leavy -- Part One: The Qualitative Tradition -- 2. Historical Overview of Qualitative Research in the Social Sciences -- Svend Brinkmann, Michael Hviid Jacobsen, and Søren Kristiansen -- 3. The History of Historical-Comparative Methods in Sociology -- Chares Demetriou and Victor Roudometof -- 4. The Centrality of Ethics in Qualitative Research -- Anna Traianou -- Part Two: Approaches to Qualitative Research -- 5. Philosophical Approaches to Qualitative Research -- Renée Spencer, Julia M. Pryce, and Jill Walsh -- 6. Applied Interpretive Approaches -- Sally E. Thorne -- 7. The Grounded Theory Method -- Antony Bryant -- 8. Feminist Qualitative Research: Toward Transformation of Science and Society -- Maureen C. McHugh -- 9. Critical Approaches to Qualitative Research -- Kum-Kum Bhavnani, Peter Chua, and Dana Collins -- 10. Decolonizing Research Practice: Indigenous Methodologies, Aboriginal Methods, and Knowledge/Knowing -- Mike Evans, Adrian Miller, Peter Hutchinson, and Carlene Dingwall -- Part Three: Narrative Inquiry, Field Research, and Interview Methods -- 11. Practicing Narrative Inquiry -- Arthur P. Bochner and Nicholas A. Riggs -- 12. Ethnography -- Anthony Kwame Harrison -- 13. The Purposes, Practices, and Principles of Autoethnographic Research -- Carolyn Ellis and Tony E. Adams -- 14. Unstructured and Semi-Structured Interviewing -- Svend Brinkmann -- 15. Oral History Interviewing: Issues and Possibilities -- Valerie J. Janesick -- 16. Focus Group Research: Retrospect and Prospect -- George Kamberelis and Greg Dimitriadis -- 17. Museum Studies -- Erica L. Tucker -- Part Four: Text, Arts-Based, and Internet Methods -- 18. Content Analysis -- Lindsay Prior -- 19. Photography as a Research Method -- Gunilla Holm -- 20. Arts-Based Research Practice: Merging Social Research and the Creative Arts -- Gioia Chilton and Patricia Leavy -- 21. Qualitative Approaches in Internet-Mediated Research: Opportunities, Issues, Possibilities -- Claire Hewson -- Part Five: Multi-Method, Mixed-Method, and Participatory Designs -- 22. Case Study Research: In-Depth Understanding in Context -- Helen Simons -- 23. Program Evaluation -- Paul R. Brandon and Anna L. Ah Sam -- 24. Community-Based Research: Understanding the Principles, Practices Challenges, and Rationale -- Margaret R. Boyd -- 25. Lineages: A Past, Present, and Future of Participatory Action Research -- Sarah M. Zeller-Berkman -- 26. Qualitative Disaster Research -- Brenda D. Phillips -- 27. Conducting Mixed Methods Research: Using Dialectical Pluralism and Social Psychological Strategies -- R. Burke Johnson, Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie, Susan A. Tucker, and Marjorie L. Icenogle -- Part Six: Analysis, Interpretation, Representation, and Evaluation -- 28. Coding and Analysis Strategies -- Johnny Saldaña -- 29. Computer-Assisted Analysis of Qualitative Research -- Christina Silver and Ann F. Lewins -- 30. Interpretation Strategies: Appropriate Concepts -- Allen Trent and Jeasik Cho -- 31. Writing Up Qualitative Research -- Jane F. Gilgun -- 32. Evaluating Qualitative Research -- Jeasik Cho and Allen Trent -- Part Seven: Conclusion: Politics and the Public -- 33. The Politics of Research -- Michael D. Giardina and Joshua I. Newman -- 34. A Brief Statement on the Public and the Future of Qualitative Research -- Patricia Leavy.

"The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research presents a comprehensive and student-friendly overview of the field of qualitative research and is intended for students of all levels, faculty, and researchers across the social sciences. It provides strong focus on methods instruction with coverage of theoretical approaches, analysis, writing, evaluation, and the politics of research"--