ABSTRACT
In increasing numbers, qualitative researchers are leaving their ivory tower perches and entering the fray, focusing their research and actions on the promotion of social justice. In this tightly edited volume of original articles stemming from the 2008 International Congress on Qualitative Inquiry, leading figures in qualitative research demonstrate the potential for the research tradition to make contributions to the betterment of humankind.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |40 pages
Qualitative Inquiry and Social Justice: Toward a Politics of Hope
Qualitative Inquiry and Social Justice Toward a Politics of Hope Norman K. Denzin and Michael D. Giardina
part |2 pages
Section I Ethics, Evidence, and Social Justice
chapter 4|15 pages
Evidence: A Critical Realist Perspective for Qualitative Research
A Critical Realist Perspective for Qualitative Research Joseph A. Maxwell
part |2 pages
Section II Qualitative Inquiry in Post- Disaster America
chapter 5|14 pages
Education Research in the Public Interest
Education Research in the Public Interest Gloria Ladson-Billings
chapter 6|26 pages
Performing Pedagogies of Hope in Post-Katrina America
Performing Pedagogies of Hope in Post-Katrina America Michael D. Giardina Laura H. Vaughan
chapter 7|20 pages
Power-Shifting at the Speed of Light: Critical Qualitative Research Post-Disaster
Critical Qualitative Research Post-Disaster Gaile S. Cannella
part |2 pages
Section III Human Rights and Radical Performance
chapter 9|19 pages
Risky Research: Investigating the “Perils” of Ethnography
Investigating the “Perils” of Ethnography Karen A. Stewart Aaron Hess
chapter 12|31 pages
Rethinking Words, Concepts, Stories, and Theories: Sensing a New World?
Sensing a New World? Ian Stronach