Developing Focus Group Research
eBook - ePub

Developing Focus Group Research

Politics, Theory and Practice

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Developing Focus Group Research

Politics, Theory and Practice

About this book

This book critically examines the potential of, and suggests ways forward in, harnessing a versatile and powerful method of research - focus groups. The book challenges some of the emerging orthodoxies and presents accessible, insightful and reflective discussions about the issues around focus group work.

The contributors, an impressive group of experienced researchers from a range of disciplines and traditions, discuss different ways of designing, conducting and analyzing focus group research. They examine sampling strategies; the implications of combining focus groups with other methods; accessing views of `minority? groups; their contribution to participatory or feminist research; use of software packages; discourse analysis; and the epistemological and political underpinnings of research.

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Yes, you can access Developing Focus Group Research by Rosaline Barbour, Jenny Kitzinger, Rosaline Barbour,Jenny Kitzinger in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Social Science Research & Methodology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Notes on contributors
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. 1: Introduction: the challenge and promise of focus groups
  9. 2: The impact of context on data
  10. 3: Combining focus groups and interviews: telling how it is; telling how it feels
  11. 4: Are focus groups suitable for ā€˜sensitiveā€™ topics?
  12. 5: How useful are focus groups in feminist research?
  13. 6: Do focus groups facilitate meaningful participation in social research?
  14. 7: How useful are focus groups for obtaining the views of minority groups?
  15. 8: Are focus groups an appropriate tool for studying organizational change?
  16. 9: Can focus groups access community views?
  17. 10: Some issues arising in the systematic analysis of focus group materials
  18. 11: The analytical potential of ā€˜sensitive momentsā€™ in focus group discussions
  19. 12: Can focus groups be analysed as talk?
  20. 13: Theorizing subjects and subject matter in focus group research
  21. Afterword
  22. References
  23. Name index
  24. Subject index