Inside qualitative, cross-national research: Making methods transparent in a EU housing study

International Journal of Social Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-31

  Quilgars, Deborah ^a   Elsinga, Marja ^a   Jones, Anwen ^b   Toussaint, Janneke ^b   Ruonavaara, Hannu ^c   Naumanen, Paivi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Comparative; Cross national; Europe; Housing; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849096385     PISSN: 13645579     EISSN: 14645300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645570701804292     Document Type: Article

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