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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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 philosophic...

Table of Contents:

• Interviewing as research
• The interview as a conversation
• Postmodern thought, hermeneutics, phenomenology and dialectics
• Qualitative research in science and in practice
• Thematizing and designing an interview study
• Ethical issues of i