This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Fook, J. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

On the Problem of Difference...

A Response to Deborah Padgett's Review of Ian Shaw's and Nick Gould's Qualitative Research in Social Work

La Trobe University, Australia

This piece is intended to respond to Deborah Padgett's commentary on the book Qualitative Research in Social Work by Shaw and Gould. The response focuses on some of the specific issues raised in relation to cross-national work. In particular it comments on the problem of how differences of interpretation and of national and cultural background can be incorporated into forging a new vision for social work practice and research. The need for an inclusive approach, to what must be seen as a `work-in-progress' is strongly argued for.

Key Words: cross-national differences • inclusive approaches to research • paradigmatic differences

Qualitative Social Work, Vol. 2, No. 3, 359-363 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/14733250030023009


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?