Qualitative Interviewing: Research Methods

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First published Open Access under a Creative Commons license as What is Qualitative Interviewing?, this title is now also available as part of the Bloomsbury Research Methods series. This book is a step-by-step guide for new and experienced social science researchers looking to use interviews in their projects. Rosalind Edwards and Janet Holland explain a range of interview types and practices, providing real research examples as informative illustrations of qualitative interviewing in practice, and the use of a range of creative interview tools. This new and expanded edition includes: - recent developments in the radical critique of interviews debate focusing on form and content of interviews; - the strategic shift to online interviewing in response to the Covid-19 pandemic; - discussion of the decolonization of methodology and research, and the growing attention to indigenous methodologies for generating data; - an assessment of the changing landscape for qualitative interviewing. The authors explore the use of new technologies as well as issues around asking and listening, and power dynamics in research. Written in a clear and accessible style, the book concludes with an updated annotated bibliography of key texts and journals in the field.

Rosalind Edwards is Professor of Sociology at the University of Southampton, UK. Janet Holland is Emerita Professor at London South Bank University, UK.

An excellent introduction to qualitative interviewing. The authors are to be congratulated for contributing a reader-friendly, concise, and informative text on qualitative interviewing to the methodological literature in qualitative inquiry. With numerous examples drawn from recent research, and discussions of important current debates, students will be well-situated to design quality interview studies that are theoretically well-grounded. -- Kathryn Roulston, Professor in the Qualitative Research Program in the Mary Frances Early College of Education, University of Georgia, Athens, USA A valuable practical guide to qualitative interviewing and a deeply methodological account of qualitative research. This book is comprehensive, creative and rich in examples of qualitative interview practice. It offers a clear and accessible approach to the philosophical and epistemological choices we make and engages with on-going debates that shape qualitative research in the 21st century. -- Nick Emmel, Professor of Social Research Methodology, University of Leeds, UK Professors Rosalind Edwards and Janet Holland provide an easily digestible introductory text for newcomers to the qualitative aspects of social research. Research can be daunting for beginners who are keen to engage in the interview process as a key method. What is Qualitative Interviewing? will no doubt provide the confidence for students to consider best practice when interviewing their participants ... A most definite must read for those plunging into their very first qualitative interviews. * Sadia Habib, The Sociological Imagination (of the first edition) * We learn, with the utmost clarity and conciseness, a great deal about the key terms, the development of the method, forms of qualitative interviewing, research tools, practical aspects of conducting an interview ... and strengths, issues and the future of qualitative interviewing ... A really successful and readable book that will help you to understand and reflect upon qualitative interviewing. * Soziologische Revue (Bloomsbury translation) (of the first edition) * Good, easy, accessible book for undergraduate teaching that fits with what I teach and signposts students well. Succinct, but not too basic either. Good introduction to qualitative interviewing. * Kaye Richards, Liverpool John Moores University, UK (of the first edition) *