Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography offers a comprehensive, accessible, and practical guide on how to conduct qualitative research in human geography. Enhanced and greatly expanded by nine new chapters, the latest edition shows students how to plan, conduct, interpret, and communicate qualitative research.

• Step-by-step guide to doing qualitative research. The text is divided into three sections: introducing qualitative research, doing qualitative research, and interpreting and communicating the results of qualitative research
• Raises topical issues and discusses ethical practice, data reduction, and communicating research results
• Expanded by nine new chapters, including coverage of cross-cultural research, archival research, oral history, participatory action research, and coding
• Student friendly- contains chapter overviews, summaries, key terms, review questions, and further reading

Contents:

1. Part 1: 'Introducing' Qualitative Research in Human Geography
2. Qualitative Research and Its Place in Human Geography
3. Power, Subjectivity and Ethics in Qualitative Research
4. Cross-Cultural Research: Ethics, Methods and Relationships
5. Writing a Compelling Research Proposal
6. Qualitative Research Design and Rigour

Part 2: 'Doing' Qualitative Research in Human Geography

1. Interviewing
2. Oral History and Human Geography
3. Focusing on the Focus Group
4. Historical Research and Archival Sources
5. Using Questionnaires in Qualitative Human Geography
6. Doing Discourse Analysis
7. Knowing Seeing? Undertaking Observational Research
8. Participatory Action Research

Part 3: 'Interpreting and Communicating' the Results of Qualitative Research

1. Coding Qualitative Data
2. Computers, Qualitative Data and Geographic Research
3. Writing Qualitative Geographies, Constructing Geographical Knowledges
4. From Personal to Public: Communicating Qualitative Research for Public Consumption

Glossary, References, Index

Part 1 'Introducing' Qualitative Research in Human Geography; Part 2 'Doing' Qualitative Research in Human Geography; Part 3 'Interpreting and Communicating' the results of Qualitative Research

Iain Hay, Professor of Geography and Head of the School of Geography, Population and Environmental Management, Flinders University, South Australia