ETHNOGRAPHIC methods, relying substantially or partly on “participant observation,” have
a long if somewhat checkered career in the social sciences. They have been employed, in …

In a seminal overview of semantics, Lyons (294) breaks down the notion of" linguistic
meaning" into three components: descriptive meaning (frequently termed" referential,"" …

From two experts in the field comes an accessible, how-to guide that will help researchers
think more productively about the relation between theory and data at every stage of their …

Originally published 1992 What's Wrong With Ethnography? provides a fresh look at the
rationale for and distinctiveness of ethnographic research in sociology, education and …

Now in its fourth edition, this leading introduction to ethnography has been thoroughly
updated and substantially rewritten. The volume offers a systematic introduction to …

" This is the best qualitative methods book I've seen, especially among books aimed at
undergraduate audiences."—Michael Irvin Arrington, Indiana State University Qualitative …

Recent attempts to challenge the primacy of reason--and its realization in foundationalist
accounts of knowledge and cognitive formulations of human action--have focused on …

The politics of coalition--the very heart of the political process in most European countries--
can be analyzed either theoretically or empirically. Multiparty Government reconciles these …

Why does public management-the art of the state-so often go wrong, producing failure and
fiasco instead of public service? What are the different ways in which control or regulation …

This clearly written, well-illustrated text satisfies a long-standing need for an authoritative
account of the methodology of cultural studies. It will become required reading on many …