Fostering social justice through qualitative inquiry : a methodological guide

Johnson, Corey W., 1973- (editor.). Parry, Diana C., 1973- (editor.).

Summary: "Qualitative researchers increasingly flock to social justice research to move beyond academic discourse and aid marginalized communities and groups. This is the first textbook to address the methods of conducting qualitative research using a social justice paradigm. The book addresses the differences that a social justice stance requires from the researcher, then discusses how major qualitative methodologies are employed to create social justice in both the process and products of qualitative research. In this book -chapters cover grounded theory, phenomenology, ethnography, participatory action research, and other key qualitative designs; -methods chapters are written by experts in that methodology; -case studies illustrate show this style of research in action; -material is tightly organized and edited for course use although there are multiple authors"--

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ISBN: 9781611323757
ISBN: 9781611323740
ISBN: 1611323746
ISBN: 1611323754
ISBN: 9781611327366
Physical Description: print
315 pages ; 26 cm
Publisher: Walnut Creek, California : Left Coast Press, Inc., [2015]

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Contextualizing Qualitative Research for Social Justice, Diana C. Parry & Corey W. Johnson -- Chapter 1: Theoretical Perspectives for Social Justice Inquiry, Corey W. Johnson & Diana C. Parry -- Chapter 2: Common Features of Qualitative Inquiry, Corey W. Johnson & Diana C. Parry -- Chapter 3: Discovering Grounded Theories for Social Justice, Denise L. Levy -- Chapter 4: Leaning into the Ambiguity of Liberation: Engaging in Phenomenology for Social Justice Change, Anneliese A. Singh -- Chapter 5: Ethnographic Research for Social Justice: A Critical Engagement with Homelessness in a Public Park, Jeff Rose -- Chapter 6: One Day on Earth: Featuring Social Justice in Case Study Research, Brett D. Lashua -- Chapter 7: Moving Forward, Looking Back: Historical Inquiry for Social Justice, Tracy Penny Light Chapter 8: Participatory Action Research: Democratizing Knowledge for Social Justice and Change, Bryan S. R. Grimwood -- Chapter 9: Evocative Inquiry: Saving the World, One Story at a Time, Caitlin M. Mulcahy -- Chapter 10: The Future of Social Justice: Paradigm Proliferation, Diana Parry and Corey W. Johnson.