Archiv für April 2015

Crossing Boundaries in Qualitative Research—Towards an Empirical Reflexivity of Qualitative Methods in Germany and the United States

In this article a comparison between processes of knowledge construction in qualitative research is drawn between Germany and the United States. Based on preliminary research findings, we propose a distinction between two ideal types of research practices—engaging and observing—that differ along the lines of closeness and distance towards the subject under study. Both closeness and distance are conceptualized not as inner mindsets of the researcher or as rigorously different national styles, but rather as the outcome of practices that are grounded in respective national research routines, conventions, conditions, and epistemologies. While both interactional patterns are rooted in American pragmatist thought, we discuss striking national differences in methodological references to this philosophy: In Germany, epistemological implications of American pragmatism are central to methodological debate. In contrast, in the US the political implications of an intellectual activism implied in American pragmatism are of greater importance. We close the article by arguing for an empirically grounded reflexivity in qualitative research.

URN: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs1502191

EU politics on labour migration: Inclusion versus admission

10.1080/09557571.2015.1023697<br/>Christof Roos

Der Staat: Akteure, Praktiken, Wissen (16.–19. Jahrhundert)/L’État: acteurs, pratiques, savoirs (XVIe–XIXe siècle)

Der Staat: Akteure, Praktiken, Wissen (16.–19. Jahrhundert).
Sommeruniversität des DHIP, der Universität Paris 1 und der Universität zu Köln, 11.–13. Juni 2012/ L’État: acteurs, pratiques, savoirs (XVIe–XIXe siècle). Université d’été…

Books received 2014

Volume 51, Issue 3, June 2015, pages 391-393<br/>10.1080/00309230.2015.1025562<br/>

Erratum

Volume 51, Issue 3, June 2015, pages (i)-(i)<br/>10.1080/00309230.2015.1037582<br/>

Honour, Violence and Emotions in History

Volume 40, Issue 2, May 2015, pages 250-253<br/>10.1080/03071022.2015.1013710<br/>Rebecca O’Neal

Green Barons, Force-of-Circumstance Entrepreneurs, Impotent Mayors. Rural Change in the Early Years of Post-Socialist Capitalist Democracy

Volume 40, Issue 2, May 2015, pages 277-278<br/>10.1080/03071022.2015.1013711<br/>Mike Haynes

Lost Freedom: The Landscape of the Child and the British Post-War Settlement

Volume 40, Issue 2, May 2015, pages 271-273<br/>10.1080/03071022.2015.1013712<br/>David Fowler

Reform Acts: Chartism, Social Agency and the Victorian Novel

Volume 40, Issue 2, May 2015, pages 283-284<br/>10.1080/03071022.2015.1013713<br/>Michael Sanders

1820: Disorder and Stability in the United Kingdom

Volume 40, Issue 2, May 2015, pages 255-257<br/>10.1080/03071022.2015.1013689<br/>Robert Poole