Research Books
Gender and Qualitative Methods:
This text outlines the practical and philosophical issues of gender in qualitative research, and covers areas including field work, life story, membership categorization analysis, and analysis of... (more)
Research Training for Social Scientists:
Provides an introduction for beginning researchers to the skills required for successful research. (more)
Reflexivity: A Practical Guide to Reflexive Qualitative Research in Health and Social Care
Reflexivity is a tool that empowers by opening up a more radical consciousness, but it often proves initially difficult to grasp. In this book a collection of researchers offer six maps of the... (more)
Beginning Qualitative Research: A Philosophical and Practical Guide
Focuses on the serious, beginning, qualitative researcher. The book has three main features: it provides a theoretical base for understanding competing research paradigms; it features a "methods"... (more)
Research on Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Adults
Volume 7 in the EFPP Series that aims to promote the pan-European community of psychoanalytic psychotherapists. The contributors come from different cultures but are united in their view of the... (more)
Transforming Qualitative Information: Thematic Analysis and Code Development
Thematic analysis - a process for encoding qualitative information - can be thought of as a bridge between the languages of qualitative and quantitative research. This book helps students and... (more)
Outcomes of Psychoanalytic Treatment: Perspectives for Therapists and Researchers
Psychoanalysis and psychoanalytical psychotherapy remain an unparalleled source of insights into the unconscious determinants and dimensions of psychological suffering. This volume presents the... (more)
Narrative methods for organizational & communication research
An essential guide for academics and researchers needing to look at alternative discourse analysis strategies. As a research tool, narrative methods have become increasingly useful in organization... (more)
Organizational Research Methods
This timely book provides the reader with clear pointers for how to conduct organisational research appropriately,through planning and making informed and systematic research dicisions, understanding... (more)
Qualitative Research Through Case Studies.
This title offers undergraduates a wide range of approaches to help them interpret their qualitative data. It introduces methods such as grounded theory, dramaturgical analysis, ethnomethodology and... (more)
The Nature of Qualitative Evidence
This book critically examines the nature and usefulness of qualitative methods. It explores practical ways for clinicians to use qualitative inquirey more effectively. The authors explore the link... (more)
Introduction to quantitative research methods: An investigative approach
'Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods' is a student-friendly introduction to quantitative research methods and basic statistics. It uses a detective theme throughout the text and in... (more)
Mindful Inquiry in Social Research
This innovative introduction to research in the social sciences guides students and new researchers through the maze of research traditions, cultures of inquiry and epistemological frameworks. It... (more)
Research Design in Social Research
This title is a one stop critical guide that demonstrates the importance of attending to design issues in social research. It covers a wide range of topics concerning research in this area and equips... (more)
Beginning Research in the Arts Therapies: A Practical Guide
This guide to beginning a research project in the arts therapies, be it for an MA dissertation or a report, tackles various aspects from writing an initial funding proposal and finding a title, to... (more)
Approaches to Research
Defines the nature and objectives of research and examines the tasks of the researcher. The book explores the relationship between research and the researcher, and examines the preconceptions a... (more)
Focus groups in social research
This book addresses the key issues and practical requirements aimed specifically at the social researcher, including: the kinds of social research that focus groups are most and least suitable for;... (more)
Fieldwork, participation and practice: Ethics and dilemmas in qualitative research
A timely and topical look at the role of ethics in fieldwork, taking into account some of the major issues confronting qualitative researchers. There are two main purposes of this book: to promote an... (more)
