Fostering social justice through qualitative inquiry :
General Material Designation
[Book]
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a methodological guide /
First Statement of Responsibility
Corey W. Johnson, Diana C. Parry, editors.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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Walnut Creek, California :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Left Coast Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2015]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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315 pages ;
Dimensions
26 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction: Contextualizing Qualitative Research for Social Justice / Corey W. Johnson & Diana C. Parry -- Chapter 1: Theoretical Perspectives for Social Justice Inquiry / Diana C. Parry & Corey W. Johnson -- Chapter 2: Common Features of Qualitative Inquiry / Corey W. Johnson & Diana C. Parry -- Chapter 3: Discovering Grounded Theories for Social Justice / Denise L. Levy -- Chapter 4: Leaning into the Ambiguity of Liberation: Phenomenology for Social Justice / Anneliese A. Singh -- Chapter 5: Ethnographic Research for Social Justice: Critical Engagement with Homelessness in a Public Park / Jeff Rose -- Chapter 6: One Day on Earth: Featuring Social Justice in Case Study Research / Brett D. Lashua -- Chapter 7: Moving Forward, Looking Back: Historical Inquiry for Social Justice / Tracy Penny Light -- Chapter 8: Participatory Action Research: Democratizing Knowledge for Social Justice / Bryan S.R. Grimwood -- Chapter 9: Evocative Inquiry: Saving the World, One Story at a Time / Caitlin M. Mulcahy -- Chapter 10: The Future of Social Justice: Paradigm Proliferation / Diana Parry & Corey W. Johnson -- Appendix: Dig deeper into additional readings -- Index -- About the Authors.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Qualitative researchers increasingly flock to social justice research to move beyond academic discourse and aid marginalized communities and groups. This is the first textbook to address the methods of conducting qualitative research using a social justice paradigm. The book addresses the differences that a social justice stance requires from the researcher, then discusses how major qualitative methodologies are employed to create social justice in both the process and products of qualitative research. In this book -chapters cover grounded theory, phenomenology, ethnography, participatory action research, and other key qualitative designs; -methods chapters are written by experts in that methodology; -case studies illustrate show this style of research in action; -material is tightly organized and edited for course use although there are multiple authors"--