In this volume, progressive experts survey recent trends in qualitative study, which relies on small sample groups and interview data to better represent the context and complexity of social work practice. Chapters address different approaches to qualitative inquiry, applications to essential areas of research and practice, integration of qualitative and quantitative methods, and epistemological issues.
This second edition brings even greater depth and relevance to social work qualitative research, including new material that tackles traditional research concerns, such as data quality, ethics, and epistemological stances, and updated techniques in data collection and analysis. To increase the usefulness for students and researchers, the editors have reorganized the text to present basic principles first and then their applications, and they have increased their focus on ethics, values, and theory. New and revised illustrative studies highlight more than ever the connection between effective research and improved social functioning among individuals and groups. The collection continues to feature scholars and practitioners who have shaped the social work research practice canon for more than twenty years, while also adding the innovative work of up-and-coming talent.
- Table of Contents
- Prefaces
- PART I: THE BIG PICTURE
- 1. Standards for Qualitative Studies and Reports | James W. Drisko
- 2. Ethics in Qualitative Research | Frederic G. Reamer
- 3. Deconstructing the Epistemological Question with a Focus on the Knower | Robert L. Miller, Jr.
- PART II: APPROACHES TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
- 4. Constructivist Research in Social Work | James W. Drisko
- 5. Grounded Theory, Deductive Qualitative Analysis, and Social Work Research and Practice | Jane F. Gilgun
- 6. Ethnography | Roberta G. Sands
- 7. Analysis of Personal Narratives | Catherine Kohler Riessman
- 8. "We Have a Situation Here!": Using Situation ANalysis for Health and Social Research
- 9. Action Research: An Intervention for Change, Development, and Advocacy in a Global Society
- PART III: METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS
- 10. Qualitative Interviewing | Judy L. Postmus
- 11. Focus Groups | Raymie H. Wayne
- 12. Qualitative Data Analysis Software: An OVerview and New Possibilities | James W. Drisko
- PART IV: QUALITATIVE PROGRAM EVALUATION
- 13. Qualitative Program Evaluation: Overview | Henry Vandenburgh and Nancy Clairborne
- 14. Qualitative Program Evaluation: Departures, Designs, and Futures | Ian Shaw
- 15. The Application of Qualitative Research to Organizational Decision Making | Ralph F. Field
- PART V: GENERATING NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR SOCIAL WORK
- 16. Coping with the Dual Demands of Psychiatric Disability and Parenting: The Parent's Perspective | Barry J. Ackerson
- 17. Assessing Young Children's Perceptions of Family Relationships: Theory and Applications of the Narrative Story-Stem Technique | Timothy Page
- 18. Parenting and Child Neglect Among Families in Urban Poverty | Laura Frame
- 19. Doing the Best You Can? The Relationship Between Caseworker and Parent: A Case Study | Julianne Colvin
- 20. Scholarships and Support Available to Foster Youth: A Qualitative Approach to Understanding Service Delivry | Toni Naccarato and LIliana Hernandez
- 21. Collaboration Between Social Workers and Physicians: Development and Application of a Typology | Julie S. Abramson and Terry Mizrahi
- Index
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