The State of the Art of Qualitative Research in Europe

Vol 6, No 3 (2005)

Edited by Hubert Knoblauch, Uwe Flick & Christoph Maeder in Cooperation With Iain Lang

Editorial

Editorial: About Qualitative Research Centers and Peripheries Abstract HTML PDF
Katja Mruck, César A. Cisneros Puebla, Robert B. Faux
Qualitative Methods in Europe: The Variety of Social Research Abstract HTML PDF
Hubert Knoblauch, Uwe Flick, Christoph Maeder

General Methodological Trends in Qualitative Research

Qualitative Research—Unity and Diversity Abstract HTML PDF
Paul Atkinson
The Renaissance of Qualitative Methods Abstract HTML PDF
Giampietro Gobo
Instances or Sequences? Improving the State of the Art of Qualitative Research Abstract HTML PDF
David Silverman

National Overviews: Qualitative Methods in Various European Countries in Comparison to the U.S.

The Reconstruction of Meaning. Notes on German Interpretive Sociology Abstract HTML PDF
Ronald Hitzler
"Qualitative" Methods of Social Research in France: Reconstructing the Actor, Deconstructing the Subject Abstract HTML PDF
Johannes Angermüller
Qualitative Methods in Israel Abstract HTML PDF
Shalva Weil
Qualitative Research in Italy Abstract HTML PDF
Attila Bruni, Giampietro Gobo
Beyond the Orange and the Green. The Diversification of the Qualitative Social Research Landscape in Northern Ireland Abstract HTML PDF
Dirk Schubotz
Polish Qualitative Sociology. The General Features and Development Abstract HTML PDF
Krzysztof T. Konecki, Anna M. Kacperczyk, Lukasz T. Marciniak
A Cartography of Qualitative Research in Switzerland Abstract HTML PDF
Thomas S. Eberle, Florian Elliker
Qualitative Research in a Changing Epistemic Context. The Case of a Small Social Science Community Abstract HTML PDF
Frane Adam, Darka Podmenik
Qualitative Social Research in Spain: Past, Present, and Future. A Portrait Abstract HTML PDF
Miguel S. Valles, Alejandro Baer
Qualitative Social Science in the UK: A Reflexive Commentary on the "State of the Art" Abstract HTML PDF
Karen Henwood, Iain Lang
Qualitative Research in Sociology in Germany and the US—State of the Art, Differences and Developments Abstract HTML PDF
Uwe Flick
Across the Atlantic: Current Issues and Debates in US Ethnography Abstract HTML PDF
Margarethe Kusenbach

Innovations in Special Methods

Analysing Discourse. An Approach From the Sociology of Knowledge Abstract HTML PDF
Reiner Keller
Focused Ethnography Abstract HTML PDF
Hubert Knoblauch
Competence and Praxis: Sequential Analysis in German Sociology Abstract HTML PDF
Kai-Olaf Maiwald
Fuzzy Fields. Multi-Sited Ethnography in Sociological Research Abstract HTML PDF
Eva Nadai, Christoph Maeder
Ethnography of Scenes. Towards a Sociological Life-world Analysis of (Post-traditional) Community-building Abstract HTML PDF
Michaela Pfadenhauer

Single Contributions

A Rhetorical and Hermeneutic Analysis of Texts Related to Alcohol Use Abstract
Karen Cronick
The Descendants of Time and the Lodgers of Space: The Life Stories of Teacher Trainees who Immigrated to Israel During the 1990s Abstract HTML PDF
Anat Kainan, Michal Rozenberg, Miri Munk, Nurit Eilam
Locating Ethnography and Global Processes Abstract
Andrea Lauser
Fight for Recognition. The Portrait of the German Physician Paula TOBIAS (1886 – 1970). A Reconstructive Biographical Analysis Abstract HTML PDF
Wiebke Lohfeld
More Than Just Coding? Evaluating CAQDAS in a Discourse Analysis of News Texts Abstract HTML PDF
Katie MacMillan
The Criminalisation of Ethnic Groups: An Issue for Media Analysis Abstract HTML PDF
Marcello Maneri, Jessika Ter Wal
Cooperation Relationships in Community Prevention Committees—Neglected by Qualitative Social Research? Abstract
Henning van den Brink

FQS Debate: Qualitative Research and Ethics

No thank you, not today": Supporting Ethical and Professional Relationships in Large Qualitative Studies Abstract HTML PDF
Lisa J. Blodgett, Wanda Boyer, Emily Turk
Rethinking Qualitative Research: Research Participants as Central Researchers and Enacting Ethical Practices as Habitus Abstract HTML PDF
Rowhea Elmesky
Ethical and Friendly Researchers, but not Insiders: A Response to Blodgett, Boyer, and Turk Abstract HTML PDF
Michelle K. McGinn
On Being Authentic: A Response to "No thank you, not today": Supporting Ethical and Professional Relationships in Large Qualitative Studies Abstract HTML PDF
Catherine Milne
Maintaining Ethical and Professional Relationships in Large Qualitative Studies: A Quixotic Ideal? Abstract HTML PDF
Kathryn Scantlebury

FQS Reviews

Review: Birgit Griese, Hedwig Rose Griesehop & Martina Schiebel (Eds.) (2004). Perspektiven qualitativer Sozialforschung [Perspectives of Qualitative Research] Abstract
Michael Appel
Review: Ina-Maria Greverus, Sharon MacDonald, Regina Romhild, Gisela Welz & Helena Wullf (Eds.) (2002). Stability Upon Shifting Ground: Review Note of Shifting Grounds: Experiments in Doing Ethnography Abstract HTML PDF
Robin M. Boylorn
Review: Paul ten Have (2004). Understanding Qualitative Research and Ethnomethodology Abstract HTML PDF
Charles Lee Cole
Review Essay: No More Separation between Paid Work and Leisure? Methodological and Empirical Challenges in the Debate about Post-Fordism Abstract
Birgit Huber
Review: Janet Heaton (2004). Reworking Qualitative Data Abstract HTML PDF
Marilyn Lichtman
Review: Mechthild Kiegelmann & Leo Gürtler (Eds.) (2003). Research Questions and Matching Methods of Analysis Abstract HTML PDF
Marilyn Lichtman
Review Essay: Constructivism is the Invention of a Critic Abstract
Ralf Ottermann
Review: Susan Geideck & Wolf-Andreas Liebert (Eds.) (2003). Sinnformeln. Linguistische und soziologische Analysen von Leitbildern, Metaphern und anderen kollektiven Orientierungsmustern [Meaning Formulas. Linguistic and Sociological Analysis of Models, Metaphors ... Abstract
Rudolf Schmitt
Review: Ronald Hitzler & Jo Reichertz (Eds.) (2003). Irritierte Ordnung. Die gesellschaftliche Verarbeitung von Terror [Irritated System. The Social Processing of Terror] Abstract
Martin Spetsmann-Kunkel
Review Essay: After the Aftermath: A Reply to Wolff-Michael Roth's Review of Harry F. Wolcott's "Sneaky Kid and Its Aftermath" published in FQS 5(1) Abstract HTML PDF
Kara M. Strobel
Review: Birgitta Qvarsell & Christoph Wulf (Eds.) (2003). Culture and Education. European Studies in Education (Volume 16) Abstract HTML PDF
Wayne Thexton
Review: Lesley Noaks & Emma Wincup (2004). Criminological Research—Understanding Qualitative Methods / Mark R. Pogrebin (Ed.) (2003). Qualitative Approaches to Criminal Justice—Perspectives from the Field Abstract HTML PDF
Nicole Westmarland

FQS Conferences

Conference Report: How Much Culture is Psychology Able to Deal With? Conference "The 100 Years of the German Society of Psychology" Abstract
Lars Allolio-Näcke
Conference Report: 5th Annual Meeting of Qualitative Psychology: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Learning and Instruction / First meeting of the Special Interest Group No. 17 of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction Abstract HTML PDF
Silke-Birgitta Gahleitner, Leo Gürtler
Conference Report: The Hunt for the Nibelungen Treasure. BVM Conference: "Qualitative Market Research—State of the Art and Prospects" Abstract
Thomas Kühn