Abstract
This stimulating and refreshing study, written by one of the leading commentators in the field, provides novel answers to these crucial questions. What's Wrong With Ethnography provides a fresh look at the rationale for and distinctiveness of ethnographic research in sociology, education and related fields, and succeeds in slaying a number of currently fashionable sacred cows. Relativism, critical theory, the uniqueness of the case study and the distinction between qualitative and quantitative research are all examined and found wanting as a basis for informed ethnography. The policy and political implications of ethnography are a particular focus of attention. The author compels the reader to reexamine some basic methodological assumptions in an exciting way, Martin Bulmer, London School of Economics.
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- College Composition and Communication
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- 1994-05-01
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- 10.2307/359023
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