Interviewing experts

Expert interviews are today a standard method of qualitative approach in the social sciences. It is surprising that methodological reflections about the expert interview are still lacking. This book gives a comprehensive overview of their theory and practice. The contributors are experienced theoris...

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Group Author: Bogner, Alexander; Littig, Beate; Menz, W., Wolfgang
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Research methods series
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230244276
Summary: Expert interviews are today a standard method of qualitative approach in the social sciences. It is surprising that methodological reflections about the expert interview are still lacking. This book gives a comprehensive overview of their theory and practice. The contributors are experienced theorists and practitioners of expert interviews.
Item Description: Ebook.
Originally published in: 2009.
Carrier Form: 296 p. : 4 figures, 5.
ISBN: 9780230220195
9780230244276 :
0230244270 :
CLC: G212.1
Contents: Expert Interviews: An Introduction to a New Methodological Debate-- A.Bogner, B.Littig & W.Menz PART I: THEORETICAL CONCEPTS: METHODOLOGY OF EXPERT INTERVIEWS The Expert Interview and Changes in Knowledge Production-- M.Meuser & U.Nagel The Theory-Generating Expert Interview: Epistemological Interest, Forms of Knowledge, Interaction-- A.Bogner & W.Menz At Eye Level. An Expert Interview: A Talk between Expert and Quasi-Expert-- M.Pfadenhauer Interviewing the Elite - Interviewing Experts: Is there a Difference?-- B.Littig PART II: METHODOLOGICAL PRACTICE: GENERATING DATA On Interviewing 'Good'