Interviews an introduction to qualitative research interviewing

• Main Author: Kvale, Steinar 1938- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. Sage Publications 1996
• Subjects: Interviewing in sociology; Sociology > Research > Methodology; Interviewing
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• Item Description: "Originally published by Studentlitteratur. (c) Steinar Kvale and Studentlitteratur, Lund, Sweden, 1994"--T.p. verso
• Physical Description: xvii, 326 pages illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 080395820X; 9780803958203

Interviewing is an essential tool in qualitative research and this introduction to interviewing outlines both the theoretical underpinnings and the practical aspects of the process. After examining the role of the interview in the research process, Steinar Kvale considers some of the key philosophical issues relating to interviewing: the interview as conversation, hermeneutics, phenomenology, concerns about ethics as well as validity, and postmodernism. Having established this framework, the author then analyzes the seven stages of the interview process - from designing a study to writing it up.