@article{Henwood_Lang_2005, title={Qualitative Social Science in the UK: A Reflexive Commentary on the "State of the Art"}, volume={6}, url={https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/16}, DOI={10.17169/fqs-6.3.16}, abstractNote={UK social science is characterised by an ever increasing expectation that it should be able to demonstrate excellence not only in terms of scientific and intellectual considerations. In ad­dition, it must link its relevance and worth to a wide range of stakeholders and users of research. This "climate of change" is seen in the un­pre­ced­ented level of strategic initiatives that are currently under­way. The purpose of this article is to consider some of these strategic developments and how they seek to promote leading edge developments in social science methodology. Attention is focus­sed, in particular, on the place of qualitative method­ologies and methods within these develop­ments. One of the sections of the article reports on the main findings of a consultation exercise with UK social scientists on qualitative research resources. A key interest throughout the article is in articu­lating the explicit and implicit agendas that are energising and motivating what may be called the "turn to methodology" in funded UK social science in the early 21st century URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0503486}, number={3}, journal={Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research}, author={Henwood, Karen and Lang, Iain}, year={2005}, month={Sep.} }