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Qualitative Social Science in the UK: A Reflexive Commentary on the "State of the Art"

Qualitative Sozialforschung in Großbritannien: Reflexive Kommentare zum "Stand der Dinge"
La ciencia social cualitativa en el Reino Unido: una reflexión sobre el "Estado del arte"
[journal article]

Henwood, Karen
Lang, Iain

Abstract

Von den Sozialwissenschaften in Großbritannien wird immer stärker erwartet, dass sie sich nicht nur hinsichtlich wissenschaftlicher und intellektueller Kriterien durch Exzellenz auszeichnen. Vielmehr müssen sie ihre Relevanz auch für unterschiedliche Interessengruppen und Forschungsnutzer aufweisen.... view more

Von den Sozialwissenschaften in Großbritannien wird immer stärker erwartet, dass sie sich nicht nur hinsichtlich wissenschaftlicher und intellektueller Kriterien durch Exzellenz auszeichnen. Vielmehr müssen sie ihre Relevanz auch für unterschiedliche Interessengruppen und Forschungsnutzer aufweisen. Dieses Klima des Wandels macht sich an einer noch nie da gewesenen Zahl an strategischen Initiativen fest, die derzeit laufen. Der Zweck des Artikels besteht darin, die verschiedenen strategischen Entwicklungen zu überblicken und aufzuzeigen, wie sie zur Förderung der avancierten Entwicklungen in der Methodologie der Sozialwissenschaften beitragen. Dabei liegt das Augenmerk besonders auf den Entwicklungen im Bereich der qualitativen Methodologien und Methoden. In einem Teil des Beitrags werden wir Ergebnisse einer Erhebung bei britischen Sozialwissenschaftler(inne)n über die Ressourcen qualitativer Forschung bieten. Der Artikel stellt sich zur Aufgabe, die expliziten und impliziten Ziele zu formulieren, die die so genannte "methodologische Wende" in den öffentlich geförderten Sozialwissenschaften Großbritanniens im frühen 21. Jahrhundert antreiben und leiten.... view less


UK social science is characterised by an ever increasing expectation that it should be able to demonstrate excellence not only in terms of scientific and intellectual considerations. In ad­dition, it must link its relevance and worth to a wide range of stakeholders and users of research. This "clima... view more

UK social science is characterised by an ever increasing expectation that it should be able to demonstrate excellence not only in terms of scientific and intellectual considerations. In ad­dition, it must link its relevance and worth to a wide range of stakeholders and users of research. This "climate of change" is seen in the un­pre­ced­ented level of strategic initiatives that are currently under­way. The purpose of this article is to consider some of these strategic developments and how they seek to promote leading edge developments in social science methodology. Attention is focus­sed, in particular, on the place of qualitative method­ologies and methods within these develop­ments. One of the sections of the article reports on the main findings of a consultation exercise with UK social scientists on qualitative research resources. A key interest throughout the article is in articu­lating the explicit and implicit agendas that are energising and motivating what may be called the "turn to methodology" in funded UK social science in the early 21st century... view less


UK social science is characterised by an ever increasing expectation that it should be able to demonstrate excellence not only in terms of scientific and intellectual considerations. In ad­dition, it must link its relevance and worth to a wide range of stakeholders and users of research. This "clima... view more

UK social science is characterised by an ever increasing expectation that it should be able to demonstrate excellence not only in terms of scientific and intellectual considerations. In ad­dition, it must link its relevance and worth to a wide range of stakeholders and users of research. This "climate of change" is seen in the un­pre­ced­ented level of strategic initiatives that are currently under­way. The purpose of this article is to consider some of these strategic developments and how they seek to promote leading edge developments in social science methodology. Attention is focus­sed, in particular, on the place of qualitative method­ologies and methods within these develop­ments. One of the sections of the article reports on the main findings of a consultation exercise with UK social scientists on qualitative research resources. A key interest throughout the article is in articu­lating the explicit and implicit agendas that are energising and motivating what may be called the "turn to methodology" in funded UK social science in the early 21st century... view less

Keywords
Great Britain; qualitative method; methodological research; empirical social research

Classification
Research Design

Method
descriptive study

Free Keywords
qualitative methods; social science methodology; UK social research; qualitative re­search resources; qualitative Methoden; sozialwissenschaftliche Methodologie; Sozialforschung in Großbritannien; Ressourcen qualitativer Forschung; qualitative methods; social science methodology; UK social research; qualitative re­search resources;

Document language
English

Publication Year
2005

Page/Pages
18 p.

Journal
Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 6 (2005) 3

ISSN
1438-5627

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution


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