Overview
Explores the fact that reflexivity is pervasive: it is not optional, and cannot be ‘solved’
Shows that the practical implications of reflexivity run much deeper than mere self-awareness
Amply and effectively illustrated with a wide variety of ethnographic studies from different disciplinary fields
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Table of contents (4 chapters)
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About this book
This book provides students and researchers with clear guidance through this tricky, but fundamental aspect of qualitative, ethnographic research. The chapters provide a concise overview that clarifies, illustrates and develops a highly popular methodological principle. To some extent, the book is critical of some contemporary approaches, particularly those that portray reflexivity as an optional, virtuous extra. Drawing on a broad range of anthropological, sociological and other sources, it illuminates through example as well as by precept.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Emilie Morwenna Whitaker is Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Salford, UK, and an Honorary Lecturer at Cardiff University School of Social Sciences, UK.
Paul Atkinson is Distinguished Research Professor (Emeritus) in Sociology at Cardiff University, UK. He has written or co-authored over 20 books.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Reflexivity in Social Research
Authors: Emilie Morwenna Whitaker, Paul Atkinson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84095-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-84094-5Published: 09 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-84095-2Published: 08 November 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 89
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Social Sciences, general, Ethnography, Statistical Theory and Methods