Constructing Grounded Theory: A Practical Guide Through Qualitative Analysis

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Pine Forge Press, 2006 M01 27 - 208 páginas
The author introduces the reader to the craft of using grounded theory in social research, and provides a clear, step-by-step guide for those new to the field.

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Chapter 1 An Invitation to Grounded Theory
1
Chapter 2 Gathering Rich Data
13
Chapter 3 Coding in Grounded Theory Practice
42
Chapter 4 Memowriting
72
Chapter 5 Theoretical Sampling Saturation and Sorting
96
Chapter 6 Reconstructing Theory in Grounded Theory Studies
123
Chapter 7 Writing the Draft
151
Chapter 8 Reflecting on the Research Process
177
Glossary
186
References
190
Index
202
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Kathy Charmaz was Professor Emerita of Sociology and the former director of the Faculty Writing Program at Sonoma State University. She joined the first cohort of doctoral students at the University of California, San Francisco, where she studied with Anselm Strauss. She wrote in the areas of social psychology, medical sociology, qualitative methods, and grounded theory, and over her career wrote, coauthored, or coedited 14 books, including two award-winning works: Good Days, Bad Days; The Self in Illness and Time, and Constructing Grounded Theory. She received the George Herbert Mead award for lifetime achievement from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, the Leo G. Reeder award for distinguished contributions from the Medical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association and the Lifetime Achievement award from the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Professor Charmaz also gave workshops on qualitative methods, grounded theory, symbolic interactionism, and scholarly writing around the globe.

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