Presenting the state-of-the-art for the theory and practice of qualitative inquiry, this landmark Handbook has been a publishing phenomenon in the human sciences since it first published in 1994. As with earlier editions, the Fourth Edition is virtually a new volume. Representing the best thinking from top scholars from around the world, the new edition continues the book’s tradition of synthesizing an existing literature, defining the present, and shaping the future of qualitative research. The editors and contributors address issues of social justice and examine how people’s struggles can inform public issues and in turn be transformed into social policy. Their writings are underpinned by a critical framework, and they are committed to addressing issues of inequality.

Introduction : the discipline and practice of qualitative research / Norman K. Denzin and Yvonna S. Lincoln -- pt. I. Locating the field. 2. Reform of the social sciences and of universities through action research / Davydd J. Greenwood and Morten Levin ; 3. Compositional studies, in two parts : critical theorizing and analysis on social (in)justice / Michelle Fine and Lois Weis ; 4. On tricky ground : researching the native in the age of uncertainty / Linda Tuhiwai Smith ; 5. Freeing ourselves from neocolonial domination in research : a Kaupapa Mäori approach to creating knowledge / Russell Bishop ; 6. Ethics and politics in qualitative research / Clifford G. Christians ; 7. Institutional Review Boards and methodological conservatism : the challenge to and from phenomenological paradigms / Yvonna S. Lincoln --

A thoroughly revised & updated edition, this volume includes new chapters on auto-ethnography, critical race theory, queer theory, & testimonies