Studying Elites Using Qualitative Methods

von Jonathan B. Imber, Rosanna Hertz

224 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The very nature of elites makes them difficult for social researchers to study. This volume provides valuable insights into how researchers can successfully gain access to elite settings. Using their actual experiences, the contributors provide constructive advice as well as cautionary tales about how they learned to manoeuvre and become accepted in worlds otherwise closed to them.Three broad research areas are covered: business elites; professional elites; and community and political elites. Useful information is given on how researchers in these areas can gather data, construct interview strategies, write about their subjects and come to experience the research process.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie und Anthropologie Anthropologie
• ISBN: 9780803970366
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 04.08.1995
• Größe: 222 x 145 mm
• Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc