Ethics in Qualitative Research

by Melanie L. Mauthner (Editor), Tina Miller (Editor), Maxine Birch (Editor)

This fresh, confident second edition expands its focus on the theoretical and practical aspects of doing qualitative research in light of new ethical dilemmas facing researchers today. In a climate of significant social and technological change, researchers must respond to increased ethical regulation and scrutiny of research. New sources, types of data and modes of accessing participants are all challenging and reconfiguring traditional ideas of the research relationship.

This engaging textbook explores key ethical dilemmas - including research boundaries, informed consent, participation, rapport and analysis - within the context of a rapidly changing research environment. The book effectively covers the ethical issues related to the data collection process, helping readers to address the ethical considerations relevant to their research.

This fully updated new edition:
- Maps the changing and increasingly technology-reliant aspects of research relationships and practices
- Provides researchers with guidance through practical examples, enabling those engaged in qualitative research to question and navigate in ethical ways

This book is essential reading for all those engaged in qualitative research across the social sciences.

172 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2002

About the author

MELANIE L. MAUTHNER is Lecturer in Social Policy at the Open University. She previously taught research methods at the Institute of Education, University of London. She has co-edited Ethics in Qualitative Research (Sage 2002) and The Politics of Gender and Education (Palgrave 2004). She is a Trustee of the Women's Therapy Centre and lives in London.

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Reviews

[Amy]

the title of this book was a bit misleading because i believed it would deal with general ethics in qualitative research, but instead was very heavy handed towards feminist research. so much so, that i would propose that the title of this book should have been "Ethics in Qualitative Feminist Research." i am all for feminist research, but believed that this book would have provided ethical considerations for other forms of qualitative research as well.

[Kipi (the academic stitcher)]

Got a bit tired of the pro-feminist, pro-marxist approach but had some good information.

[Beth]

Only pick it up if you're looking for the Guinness World Record someone can mention feminist so many times it loses sense of meaning and validity with the points she was stating - 1*

I am a feminist and this is not a 'I hate feminists' review.
Mauthner basically says feminist that many times that it loses all sense of meaning. It was valid in a couple of points but then she just lost the meaning. I'm sick of the word now because of the amount of times repeated.

Anyway, the actual book was way longer than it needed to be and wasn't clear enough on the actual ethics.