Includes appendices and indexes.

1. Analysing qualitative data in social science / Margaretha Järvinen and Nanna Mik-Meyer -- 2. Symbolic interactionism as analytical tradition / Margaretha Järvinen -- 3. Symbolit interactionism, stigma and othering / Nanna Mik-Meyer -- 4. Phenomenology as qualitative methodology / Michael Gill -- 5. Phenomenological analysis and the relationship between researcher and field / Anne Roelsgaard Obling -- 6. Hermeneutics: theory and methodology / Nils Gilje -- 7. Interpretation, prejudice and the hermeneutic circle / Søren Kristiansen -- 8. Critical realism in theory and practice / Lee Martin -- 9. Critical realism: philosophical and methodological considerations / Amber J. Fletcher -- 10. Grounded theory: main characteristics / Kathy Charmaz -- 11. Sampling and conceptualisation in grounded theory / Catherine Conlon -- 12. Narrative analysis: an integrative approach / Michael Bamberg -- 13. Narrative analysis: thematic, structural and performative / Tea Torbenfeldt Bengtsson and Ditte Andersen -- 14. Michel Foucault's discourse analysis / Kaspar Villadsen -- 15. Critical discourse analysis / Teun A. van Dijk -- 16. Actor-network theory as analytical approach / Lise Justesen -- 17. Actor-network theory and qualitative interviews / Jakob Demant and Signe Ravn

Introducing eight analytical approaches that are key to successful social science research, this book helps readers understand the logic of qualitative analysis. With two chapters dedicated to each approach -- balancing the theory first, followed by the analytical method second -- it used real-world examples to show readers how to conduct their own analyses--back cover