Hughes, K. orcid.org/0000-0002-5711-0353, Hughes, J. and Portier-Le Cocq, F. (2020) Introduction: making the case for qualitative. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 23 (5). pp. 541-545. ISSN 1364-5579
Abstract
We introduce four papers comprising a Themed Section for this issue of the International Journal of Social Research Methodology, which together ‘Make the Case for Qualitative Interviews’. Here our aim is to show how this collection provides a timely contribution to key debates concerning the value of qualitative interviews, particularly as these are employed and analysed in much recent social scientific thinking. We explore ways to move beyond recent, sometimes constraining and occasionally dismissive, approaches to interviews in the social sciences through reframing and reconfiguring central questions germane to these debates. We also seek to challenge a broader neo-liberal trend towards valuing quantitative over depth qualitative research. Through this Introduction, and the collection of papers that follows, we seek to re-establish the value of qualitative interviews by shifting the focus from a preoccupation with what interviews can be said to do, towards questions centring on what can be done with interviews.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author produced version of an article published in International Journal of Social Research Methodology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Analysis, epistemology, qualitative interviews, qualitative methods Radical Critique, synthesis |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Sociology and Social Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 11 Nov 2024 11:00 |
Last Modified: | 11 Nov 2024 11:00 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13645579.2020.1766756 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:219391 |