Qualitative Housing Analysis (Studies in Qualitative Methodology)

✍ Scribed by Paul J. Maginn

• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 278
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This new volume provides a theoretical and empirical perspective on the value, potential and contribution that qualitative research methodologies bring to the analysis of housing policy issues within an international context. This encompasses key housing issues, including: the meaning and significance of home; homelessness; resident participation; housing renewal and gentrification; socially mixed housing communities; Irish Gypsies; and post-apartheid housing policies. The book also includes discussion of specific methodological challenges and ethical dilemmas faced by researchers (and policy-makers). The book's core strength lies in its ability to showcase the versatility and practical application of qualitative research in housing studies.

✦ Table of Contents

Studies in qualitative methodology......Page 1
sdarticle_001.pdf......Page 2
sdarticle_002.pdf......Page 3
List of contributors......Page 4
Introduction......Page 6
The challenge of housing......Page 9
The challenge of scale and extent......Page 10
The challenge of evidence-based policy......Page 13
A meta-framework for systematic qualitative research......Page 17
Understanding Complexity......Page 18
Foundations for a pragmatic/evolutionary systematic approach......Page 19
Duplication......Page 23
Quantification......Page 24
So where to from here?......Page 25
Part 1: Home and Homelessness......Page 26
Part 2: Researching Complex Housing Needs and Worlds......Page 28
Part 3: Community and Housing......Page 30
References......Page 32
Introduction......Page 36
Background to the Christchurch house and home study......Page 38
The research team and preliminary theoretical work......Page 40
Sampling......Page 43
Taking a Flexible Approach to Interviewing......Page 45
Dealing with the Interview Data......Page 47
Lifestyle Magazines and Creating Home......Page 49
Making Urban Meaning through Real Estate Sales Practice and Urban Place Marketing......Page 51
The Urban Planning Framework......Page 53
Conclusions......Page 55
Acknowledgements......Page 56
References......Page 57
Introduction......Page 62
Homelessness research in Australia......Page 63
Qualitative research and homelessness......Page 65
Inclusive research practice......Page 66
Principle 1: Incorporating Strengths Perspectives in Research Practice......Page 68
Principle 2: Acknowledging ’Risk’ and ’Vulnerability’ within Research Practice......Page 69
Principle 3: Selecting Narrative and Biographical Methods......Page 71
Strategy 1: Reinterpreting Vulnerability within Inclusive Research Practice......Page 72
Strategy 2: Considerations Prior to Commencing Research......Page 74
Strategy 3: Entering the Research Field......Page 75
Strategy 5: Navigating Differences......Page 76
Strategy 6: Unanticipated Findings and Outcomes......Page 81
Strategy 7: Acknowledging the Impact of Engagement on Researchers......Page 83
Conclusions......Page 85
Notes......Page 87
References......Page 88
Introduction......Page 91
Operational or experientialquest The limits of defining for measurement......Page 92
Felt evidence: epistemological and methodological rupturings......Page 97
Reflexivity......Page 98
Empathy......Page 103
Conclusions: the value of bodily knowledges......Page 106
References......Page 108
Introduction......Page 112
Neighbourhood change, place and identity in Notting Hill......Page 115
Constructing the field: research questions and the researched populations......Page 120
Doing the fieldwork: addressing practical challenges and grounding theory......Page 124
Rationalizing the rationalizations: analysis and presentation......Page 128
Conclusions......Page 131
References......Page 134
Introduction......Page 137
Introduction to the recovery policies......Page 138
Research strategy......Page 142
Political Actors......Page 143
Economic Actors......Page 144
Sri Lanka’s Post-Tsunami Housing Procurement Policies......Page 145
Objective 2: Assessing policies against stated objectives......Page 146
Objective 3: Assessing policy contribution to sustainable livelihoods......Page 149
Conclusions......Page 153
References......Page 155
Introduction......Page 157
Gypsy/travellers in the UK......Page 159
Accommodating Gypsy/Travellers......Page 160
The Policy Context in Scotland......Page 161
Researching the Accommodation Needs of Gypsy Travellers......Page 162
Qualitative research approaches and methods......Page 164
Negotiating Access......Page 166
Gendered Roles......Page 168
Engaging with Young People......Page 169
Socially inclusive research......Page 170
Peer-Led Research......Page 171
Reflections on the Research Approach......Page 173
Conclusions......Page 174
References......Page 175
Introduction......Page 178
A sensory research strategy......Page 179
The Case Study Site......Page 180
The Photo-Survey......Page 182
The Soundwalk......Page 183
The Semi-Structured Interview......Page 184
Sensory qualitative methods: the value of an integrative approach......Page 187
Methodological Challenges......Page 194
Conclusions......Page 196
References......Page 200
Introduction......Page 202
Social mix: A brief history......Page 204
Achieving social mix: Contemporary policy approaches......Page 205
Assessing the appropriateness of qualitative and quantitative methodologies......Page 206
Fieldwork: Case Study Neighbourhoods/Estates......Page 207
Random Controlled Experiments......Page 210
Statistical Studies......Page 212
The missing aspects......Page 214
Conclusions......Page 216
References......Page 217
Introduction......Page 219
Ethnography: a methodological pathway to understanding relationality......Page 223
Relational understandings of (non-)participation: stories from the street......Page 226
Using ethnography to identify and explain participatory apathy......Page 227
Thick description: understanding social contexts of evolving frames of reference......Page 230
Conclusions......Page 234
References......Page 236
Introduction: Moving on from traditional methods in studying public housing......Page 240
An introduction to grounded theory......Page 242
The Mechanics of Grounded Theory Research......Page 243
Phenomena Selection......Page 245
Data Collection......Page 249
Bringing grounded theory into the mainstream of public housing research......Page 256
References......Page 258
Introduction......Page 260
Ethnography and housing studies: An initial foray......Page 262
Ethnography and housing studies since 1990......Page 265
Studies Citing the Original Article......Page 266
Other Works in Housing and Ethnography since 1990......Page 268
Conclusions: Some further problems and issues......Page 272
References......Page 276