Methodological Pluralism and the Possibilities and Limits of Interviewing

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 153-171

  Lamont, Michèle ^a   Swidler, Ann ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural sociology; Ethnography; Interviewing; Methodological pluralism; Methodology; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899945832     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: 15737837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11133-014-9274-z     Document Type: Article

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