Flick von Kardoff Steinke A Companion to Qualitative Research.pdf

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QUALITATIVE
RESEARCH
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QUALITATIVE
RESEARCH
Edited by Uwe Flick, Ernst von Kardorff and Ines Steinke
Translated by Bryan Jenner
SAGE Publications
London ● Thousand Oaks ● New Delhi
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Translation © 2004
This English edition first published 2004
Originally published in the series “rowohlts enzyklopädie” under the title
QUALITATIVE FORSHCHUNG – Ein Handbuch
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Contents
Notes on Editors and Contributors ix
Preface xii
PART 1 INTRODUCTION 1
1 What is Qualitative Research? An Introduction to the Field 3
Uwe Flick, Ernst von Kardorff and Ines