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Gaining Access: A Practical Guide for Qualitative Researchers: A Practical and Theoretical Guide for Qualitative Researchers
Author(s): Martha S. Feldman (Author), Jeannine Bell (Author), Michele Tracy Berger (Author, Contributor), JoAnn M. Brooks (Contributor), Ann Chih Lih (Contributor), Marijata Daniel-Echols (Contributor), Gelaye Debebe (Contributor), Jane E. Dutton (Contributor), Ernestine K. Enomoto (Contributor), Martha Feldman (Contributor), Ronie Garcia-Johnson (Contributor), Clare Ginger (Contributor), Ted G. Jelen (Contributor), Amaney Jamal (Contributor), Melanie Manion (Contributor), Michelle Miller-Adams (Contributor), Charles T. Myers (Contributor), Leslie Perlow (Contributor), Paula Pickering (Contributor), Michael Pratt (Contributor), Jodi Sandfort (Contributor), Brian Schermer (Contributor), Amy Wrzesniewski (Contributor)
- Publisher: AltaMira Press,U.S.
- Publication Date: 1 April 2003
- Language: English
- Print length: 224 pages
- ISBN-10: 0759102155
- ISBN-13: 9780759102156
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Stressing the fluid nature of gaining access, the three authors discuss the relational aspects of preparing for, entering into, working within, and exiting a research site . . . [the] contributors have political science and policy degrees and ongoing research interests, making this volume most helpful for readers in similar fields. — C. Hendrickson, Marlboro College ―
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