The SAGE Dictionary of Qualitative Inquiry

About this book

This Fourth Edition of Thomas A. Schwandts one-of-a-kind guide to the terms and phrases that help shape the origins purpose logic meaning and methods of the practices known as qualitative inquiry features 20 additional terms as well as a restructured Readers Guide. Key references have been updated and select terms and phrases from previous editions have been reorganized and greatly expanded. Together the dictionary entries provide a guide to the methodological and epistemological concepts and theoretical orientations of qualitative inquiry. This unique resource is ideal for readers who are navigating various perspectives on qualitative inquiry working on a qualitative dissertation or are launching their own investigations into the issues covered.