Institutional Ethnography in the Nordic Region (Routledge Advances in Research Methods)

Synopsis

Developed in response to the theoretically driven mainstream sociology, institutional ethnography starts from people’s everyday experiences, and works from there to discover how the social is organized. Starting from experience is a central step in challenging taken-for-granted assumptions and relations of power, whilst responding critically to the neoliberal cost-benefit ideology that has come to permeate welfare institutions and the research sector. This book explicates the Nordic response to institutional ethnography, showing how it has been adapted and interpreted within the theoretical and methodological landscape of social scientific research in the region, as well as the institutional particularities of the Nordic welfare state. Addressing the main topics of concern in the Nordic context, together with the way in which research is undertaken, the authors show how institutional ethnography is combined with different theories and methodologies in order to address particular problematics, as well as examining its standing in relation to contemporary research policy and university reforms. With both theoretical and empirical chapters, this book will appeal to scholars and students of sociology, professional studies and anthropology with interests in research methods and the Nordic region.

Copyright:

2020

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9780429670817

Related ISBNs:

9780429019999, 9780367030353, 9780367030353

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

11/26/19

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Rebecca W. B. Lund and Ann Christin E. Nilsen

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Rebecca W. Lund

Edited by:

Ann Christin Nilsen