Qualitative Research in Social Work

by Sherman, Edmund; Reid, William J.

• ISBN13: 9780231080323
• ISBN10: 0231080328
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-02-01
• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr

Summary

Assembles papers from leading academics and professionals on the subject of the recent trend toward qualitative study, which relies on small sample groups and interview data to best capture the context and complexity of social work practice.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: Coming of Age in Social Work - The Emergence of Qualitative Research	p. 1
Ethnicity and Poverty as Research Variables: Family Studies with Mexican and Vietnamese Newcomers	p. 21
Emic and Etic Perspectives in Ethnographic Research on the Interdisciplinary Team	p. 32
Ethnography, Critical Inquiry, and Social Work Practice	p. 42
The Administrator as Ethnographer and Cartographer	p. 52
Commentary: Ethnography in Social Work	p. 63
Science, Not Scientism: The Robustness of Naturalistic Clinical Research	p. 71
Heuristic Guidelines for Naturalistic Qualitative Evaluations of Child Treatment	p. 89
Hand into Glove: The Grounded Theory Approach and Social Work Practice Research	p. 115
Understanding the Process of Social Drift Among the Homeless: A Qualitative Analysis	p. 126
Collaboration Between Social Workers and Physicians: An Emerging Typology	p. 135
Commentary: Grounded Theory Methods - Applications and Speculations	p. 152
The Human Sciences, the Life Story, and Clinical Research	p. 163
"Thick Description" Revisited: Family Therapist as Anthropologist-Constructivist	p. 175
Life Forces of African-American Elderly Illustrated Through Oral History Narratives	p. 190
Commentary: Narrative in Clinical Research	p. 200
The Dialogical Analysis of Case Materials	p. 205
Discourse Analysis Methods and Clinical Research: A Single Case Study	p. 216
Discourse Analysis in the Framework of Change Process Research	p. 228
Commentary: Discourse Theory and Analysis	p. 242
The Qualitative Case Study and Evaluation: Issues, Methods, and Examples	p. 251
Integrating the Data Processing of Qualitative Research and Social Work Practice to Advance the Practitioner as Knowledge Builder: Tools for Knowing and Doing	p. 265
Commentary: A Practitioner's Perspective on Qualitative Case Evaluation Methods	p. 279
Commentary: Wanted! Social Work Practice Evaluation and Research - All Methods Considered	p. 285
A Positive Approach to Qualitative Evaluation and Policy Research in Social Work	p. 293
Qualitative Evaluation Methods in the Public Sector: Understanding and Working With Constituency Groups in the Evaluation Process	p. 303
Constructivist Evaluation: The Policy/Practice Context	p. 315
Commentary: Evaluation in Context: Is There Any Other Way?	p. 328
Tidiness in an Untidy World: Research in Child Welfare	p. 337
Feminist Research Within a Battered Women's Shelter	p. 347
Commentary: Managing the Organizational Context in Qualitative Research	p. 358
Paradigm for Research in Context: An Example from Mental Health	p. 365
Amplifying the Consumer Voice: Qualitative Methods, Empowerment, and Mental Health Research	p. 381
Commentary: Can It Help Us Get There? A View of Qualitative Research in Mental Health in the 1990s	p. 396
The Inevitability of Integrated Methods	p. 409
Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Clinical Research	p. 423
Grounded Theory Meets the Reflective Practitioner: Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Administrative Practice	p. 435
Commentary: Practitioner-Researcher Perspective on the Integration of Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods	p. 445
Commentary: The Qualitative/Quantitative Debate: Moving Beyond Acrimony to Meaningful Dialogue	p. 452
Setting the Theme: Many Ways of Knowing	p. 459
Reframing the Epistemological Debate	p. 464
Commentary on Reid's "Reframing the Epistemological Debate"	p. 482
Commentary: Epistemological Disagreements and the Search for Understanding	p. 487
Glossary	p. 493
Contributors	p. 499
Author Index	p. 507
Subject Index	p. 517
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