This chapter engages the common question,'How do grounded theory and situational
analysis fit into the contemporary research methods scene?'1 Reviewing the development of …

This text helps readers understand how to collect, manage, evaluate, and analyze data. It
also provides guidelines for the presentation of analysis, especially for nonacademic …

In this chapter the author focuses on the best known of Michael Burawoy's works on" public
sociology", the version of his presidential address published in the American Sociological …

Devotion is a category of expression in many of the world's religious traditions. This book
looks at issues involved in academically interpreting religious devotion, as well as exploring …

Since the late 1980s, researchers have been working on a" post-desktop" paradigm for
human-computer interaction, known as" ubiquitous" or" pervasive" computing. Combining …

In the 1950s and 1960s, as the white residents, real estate agents, and municipal officials of
many American cities fought keep African Americans out of traditionally white …

This paper uses a case study of a youth-led community radio station, KCC Live, based in
Knowsley, neighbouring Liverpool, UK, to explore which styles of voice belong in the …

This overview of selected issues in US ethnography covers the last five to ten years. The
paper is divided into three major sections. The first one describes the institutional standing of …

This chapter aims to offer an overview of key themes across recent works by urban
ethnographers within the United States and beyond its borders. It highlights some of the …

Among the many benefits of qualitative research is its capacity to develop and advance
scholarly understanding of organizations through an exploration of emergent or overlooked …