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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kathleen Gerson (Professor of Sociology and Collegiate Professor of Arts and Science, Professor of Sociology and Collegiate Professor of Arts and Science, New York University) , Sarah Damaske (Associate Professor of Sociology and Labor & Employment Relations, Associate Professor of Sociology and Labor & Employment Relations, The Pennsylvania State University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780199324293ISBN 10: 0199324298 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 10 December 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Chapter 1: Depth Interviewing as Science and Art Chapter 2: Getting Started: Pinning Down the Questions and Research Design Chapter 3: Interviews with Whom? When a Big Question Meets a Small Sample Chapter 4: Constructing an Interview Guide: Creating a Flexible Structure Chapter 5: Conducting Interviews: Seeking Discoveries That Matter Chapter 6: Analyzing Interviews: Making Sense of Complex Material Chapter 7: Pulling It All Together: Telling Your Story and Making Your Case Appendix A: Examples of Recruitment Documents and Procedures Appendix B: Examples of Consent Forms Appendix C: Interview Schedules Notes References IndexReviews"""Recent debates around interviewing have raised awareness about the centrality of this method to the social sciences, and about how to make sense of the data. This new book by master interviewers Kathleen Gerson and Sarah Damaske is destined to become the new 'go-to' for learning and teaching about best practices, tricks of the trade, ad recent controversies. It is sure to become the Learning from Strangers for the new generations of scholars. I recommend it wholeheartedly!"" -- Michele Lamont, Harvard University, and Former president of the American Sociological Association ""Building on Gerson and Damaske's own highly esteemed interview-based work as well as on that of numerous other social researchers, The Science and Art of Interviewing explores the intellectual, ethical, and practical mechanics of 'depth interviewing.' Stressing both scientific rigor and artistic creativity, it walks the reader through the various steps of the interview-based research process DL from sampling and recruiting, through listening(!) and probing, to adapting to surprises and contradictions DL offering future researchers the best possible advice on how to capture people's 'voice thereby realizing the very goal of 'verstehen,' interpretive sociology."" -- Eviatar Zerubavel, author of Generally Speaking and The Clockwork Muse ""In this lively and multi-faceted book, Gerson and Damaske provide a useful and comprehensive guide to in-depth interview research DL a fresh update to classic handbooks by Glaser and Strauss, Merton, Weiss, and others. Chock-full of examples from the works of contemporary scholars, The Science and Art of Interviewing will prove a valuable reference to researchers across the social sciences."" -- Mario Small, Grafstein Family Professor of Sociology, Harvard University" In this lively and multi-faceted book, Gerson and Damaske provide a useful and comprehensive guide to in-depth interview research - a fresh update to classic handbooks by Glaser and Strauss, Merton, Weiss, and others. Chock-full of examples from the works of contemporary scholars, The Science and Art of Interviewing will prove a valuable reference to researchers across the social sciences. * Mario Small, Grafstein Family Professor of Sociology, Harvard University * Building on Gerson and Damaske's own highly esteemed interview-based work as well as on that of numerous other social researchers, The Science and Art of Interviewing explores the intellectual, ethical, and practical mechanics of 'depth interviewing.' Stressing both scientific rigor and artistic creativity, it walks the reader through the various steps of the interview-based research process - from sampling and recruiting, through listening(!) and probing, to adapting to surprises and contradictions - offering future researchers the best possible advice on how to capture people's 'voice thereby realizing the very goal of 'verstehen,' interpretive sociology. * Eviatar Zerubavel, author of Generally Speaking and The Clockwork Muse * Recent debates around interviewing have raised awareness about the centrality of this method to the social sciences, and about how to make sense of the data. This new book by master interviewers Kathleen Gerson and Sarah Damaske is destined to become the new 'go-to' for learning and teaching about best practices, tricks of the trade, ad recent controversies. It is sure to become the Learning from Strangers for the new generations of scholars. I recommend it wholeheartedly! * Michele Lamont, Harvard University, and Former president of the American Sociological Association * Author InformationKathleen Gerson is Professor of Sociology and Collegiate Professor of Arts and Science at New York University. She is the author of The Unfinished Revolution: Coming of Age in a New Era of Gender, Work, and Family (Oxford, 2011) and The Time Divide: Work, Family, and Gender Inequality (with Jerry A. Jacobs, 2004). Sarah Damaske is Associate Professor of Sociology and Labor & Employment Relations at The Pennsylvania State University. She is the author of For the Family? How Class and Gender Shape Women's Work (Oxford, 2011). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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