Readings 

20 December 2010 13:29

Welcome to the Qualitative Research Methods for the
Social Sciences (QMSS)

For those interested in doing some preparatory readings for the Module, see below a list of
suggested readings.

Core
• Bryman, A. (2008, 3rd edn) Social Research Methods. Oxford: Oxford University Press

• Flick, U. (2009) An Introduction to Qualitative Research. London: Sage

• Gilbert, N. (2008, 3rd edn) Researching Social Life. London: Sage

• Marshall, C. and Rossman, G. B. (2010, 5th edn) Designing Qualitative Research.

Thousand Oaks: Sage

• McLeod, J. (2009) Researching Social Change: Qualitative Approaches. London: Sage

• Richards, l. (2009, 2nd edn) Handling Qualitative Data: A Practical Guide. London: Sage

Recommended
• Andrews, M. Squire, C. and Tamboukou, M. (2008) Doing Narrative Research. London:
Sage

• Bryman, A., and Burgess, R.G. (Eds) (1994) Analysing Qualitative Data. London:
Routledge.

• Corbin, J. M. (2008, 3rd edn) Basics of Qualitative Research: Techniques and Procedures
for Developing Grounded Theory. Thousand Oaks: Sage

• Falzon, M. and Hall, C. (2009) (Eds) Multi-Sited Ethnography: Theory, Praxis and Locality
in Contemporary Research. Aldershot: Ashgate

• Jackson, A. Y. (2009) Voice in Qualitative Inquiry: Challenging Conventional, Interpretive,

and Critical Conceptions in Qualitative Research. New York: Routledge

• Kouritzin, S. G., Piquemal, A. C. and Norman, R. (2009) Qualitative Research: Challenging

the Orthodoxies in Standard Academic Discourse(s). New York: Routledge

• Kvale, S. and Brinkman, S. (2009) Interviews: Learning the Craft of Qualitative Research
Interviewing. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications

• Markmann, A. N. and Baym, N. K (2009) Internet Inquiry: Conversations about Method.

London: Sage

• May, T. (2001, 3rd ed) Social Research: Issues, Methods and Process. Buckingham: Open
University Press
• Maynard, M. and Purvis, J. (1994) Researching Women's Lives from a Feminist
Perspective. London: Taylor and Francis

• Neuman, W. (2006) Social Research Methods. Boston: Pearson International.

• Pink, S. (2001) Doing Visual Ethnography: Images, Media and Representation in Research.
London: Sage.

• Puddephatt, A. J. , Shaffir, W. and Kleinknecht, S. W. (2009) (Eds) Ethnographies revisited:

Constructing Theory in the Field. London: Routledge

• Seale, C., Gobo, G., Gubrium, I. and Silverman, D. (2004) Qualitative Research Practice.
London: Sage

• Silverman, D. (2010) Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook, London: Sage

• Wolf, D. (1996) (Ed) Feminist Dilemmas in Fieldwork. Oxford: Westview Press