What's Wrong With Ethnography

Bibliographic Data

ID2696985
AuthorsM Hammersley (0000-0001-6842-6276, corresponding author)
Year2013
Publication date2013-10-11
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
Reviewed byWhat's Wrong with Ethnography? Methodological Explorations, James T W Marks, 1994
Reviewed byWhat's Wrong with Ethnography, Joe R Feagin, 1993
VenueWhat's Wrong with Ethnography? (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315002675
OpenAlexW1994735268
Open LibraryOL38720377M
ISBN9781315002675
LanguageEN
Citations received437

This stimulating and refreshing study, written by one of the leading commentators in the field, provides novel answers to these crucial questions. "What's Wrong With Ethnography provides a fresh look at the rationale for and distinctiveness of ethnographic research in sociology, education and related fields, and succeeds in slaying a number of currently fashionable sacred cows. Relativism, critical theory, the uniqueness of the case study and the distinction between qualitative and quantitative research are all examined and found wanting as a basis for informed ethnography. The policy and political implications of ethnography are a particular focus of attention. The author compels the reader to reexamine some basic methodological assumptions in an exciting way", Martin Bulmer, London School of Economics

Epistemology · Ethnography · Sociology · Anthropology · Philosophy · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics

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