What's Wrong with Ethnography?

by Martyn Hammersley

A fresh look at the rationale for, and distinctiveness of, ethnographic research. The policy and political implications of ethnography are a particular focus of attention.

240 pages, Hardcover

First published December 5, 1991

Reviews

[Meg]

This is not a book you can simply review on a platform like Goodreads. I'd hoped it might relate a bit more to my field, and while the essay on quantitative/qualitative methodology is interesting, the book over all was not that helpful. It's also heavily academic in a way that makes his material difficult to approach without a graduate level understanding of sociology. I may be from a related social science field, but there was a lot that went over my head.

No stars given, not because it's "bad," but more because the audience is very narrowly defined and I do not feel qualified enough for such an evaluation.