CONTENTS Series editor's foreword vii Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1 The centrality of method in the social sciences 1 What is 'method'? 2 What is 'methodology'? 2 Debate about methods in the social sciences 4 Purpose and outline of this book 6 Suggested further reading 9 1 What is ethnography? 10 Introduction 10 The history of ethnography 11 Ethnography, sociology and common sense 13 'Big'and'little'ethnography 17 Critiques of ethnography 19 Conclusion 25 Suggested further reading 26 2 Ethnography as method and methodology 27 Introduction 27 The philosophv of social research 28 The natural science model of social research 29 The humanistic model of social research . 31 The methodological bases of ethnography 37 The double crisis of ethnography 38 Post-postmodern ethnography 48 Conclusion 54 Suggested further reading 55 3 The research process in ethnography 56 Introduction , 56 Research design in ethnography 57 Data collection techniques 58 Case studies and generalizations 76 Other issues of good practice 82 Conclusion 102 Suggested further reading 103 4 The analysis, interpretation and presentation of ethnographic data 104 Introduction 104 Analysis 106 Interpretation 122 Reflexivity 126 The presentation of ethnographic data 133 Conclusion 141 Suggested further reading 142 5Uses of ethnography 143 Introduction 143 Knowledge generation 143 Theory-building in ethnography 148 Applied ethnographic research 155 Conclusion 168 Suggested further reading 171 Conclusion: whither ethnography? 172 Introduction 172 Globalization and ethnography 174 Tradition, identity and Ulster Loyalism 176 The global-local nexus 179 Local crime management in Belfast 181 Conclusion 186 Suggested further reading 187 Glossary 188 Bibliography 194 Index 207