Postgraduate Module Descriptor


POLM140: Qualitative Methods in Social Research

This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Basic reading:

- Della Porta, D. and Keating, M. (eds.) (2007) Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences. A Pluralist Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

- Silverman, D. (2006) Interpreting Qualitative Data: Methods for Analyzing Talk, Text and Interaction,  Sage

- May, T., Social Research: Issues, Methods and Process, Open University Press 2001

- Outhwaite, W., S Turner, The Sage Handbook of Social Science Methodology, Sage 2007

- Silverman, D., Qualitative Research: Theory, Method and Practice, Sage 2004

- Yow, V., Recording Oral History: A Practical Guide for Social Scientists, Sage 1994 Rowman and Littlefield 2004