Institutional Ethnography as Practice

By Dorothy E. Smith

Book Overview

In this edited collection, institutional ethnographers draw on their field research experiences to address different aspects of institutional ethnographic practice. As institutional ethnography embraces the actualities of people's experiences and lives, the contributors utilize their research to reveal how institutional relations and regimes are organized. As a whole, the book aims to provide readers with an accurate overview of what it is like to practice institutional ethnography, as well as the main varieties of approaches involved in the research.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742546772
• ISBN13: 9780742546776
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"