Qualitative Methodology and Sociology (Book).

Book Review The Economic Sociology of Capitalism

Comparative economists have gradually concluded that success or failure in transition to democratic capitalism is a matter of institutions, not geography or leadership or outside assistance. However, why do some countries exhibit pro-growth institutions, with little corruption or rent seeking? And how can we explain the relative successes of very different forms of capitalism, such as the USA, ...

Qualitative research methodology: phenomenology

There are two qualitative and quantitative research paradigms in the methodological debates. Phenomenological approach is one of the most important methods in the qualitative researches. ‎Depending on researcher’s view on study phenomenon, this approach is divided into two main ‎methods of descriptive and interpretive. Despite the many similarities between the two methods, ‎th...

Seven warrants for qualitative health sociology.

The biomedical and public health sciences have established a clear warrant for their existence. A warrant is a broadly shared justification for a research-based discipline (Katz, 1997). From the post World War II WHO proclamation aiming for “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being” to a recent reconceptualization of health as “the ability to adapt and self-manage” (Huber et ...

Book review: Reflexive methodology—new vistas for qualitative research (2nd edn)

Sociology and Simulation: Statistical and Qualitative Cross-Validation

The observance of unpredictable episodes of clustered volatility in some data series has led to the development of models of social processes that will give rise to such clustered volatility. Such models are not, however, validated directly against qualitative evidence about the behaviour of individuals and how they interact. An agent based simulation model of the effect of drought on domestic ...