Thick comparison : reviving the ethnographic aspiration / / edited by Jorg Niewohner and Thomas Scheffer.
We have come a long way from Evans-Pritchard’s famous dictum that “there is only one method in social anthropology, the comparative method - and that is impossible.” Yet a good 40 years later, qualitative social inquiry still has an uneasy relationship with comparison. This volume sets out “thick co...
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| Superior document: | International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; vol. 114 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | International studies in sociology and social anthropology ;
vol. 114. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (235 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / T. Scheffer and J. Niewöhner
- Introduction Thickening Comparison: On The Multiple Facets Of Comparability / Jörg Niewöhner and Thomas Scheffer
- Chapter One. Comparability On Shifting Grounds: How Legal Ethnography Differs From Comparative Law / Thomas Scheffer
- Chapter Two. Producing Multi-Sited Comparability / Estrid Sørensen
- Chapter Three. Re-Describing Social Practices: Comparison As Analytical And Explorative Too / Robert Schmidtl
- Chapter Four. Producing Alternative Objects Of Comparison In Healthcare: Following A Web-Based Technology For Asthma Treatment Through The Lab And The Clinic / Henriette Langstrup and Brit Ross Winthereik
- Chapter Five. Contrasts And Comparisons: Three Practices Of Forensic Investigation / Amade M’Charek
- Chapter Six. Comparison In The Wild And More Disciplined Usages Of An Epistemic Practice / Katrin Amelang and Stefan Beck
- Chapter Seven. Making A Comparative Object / Kati Hannken-Illjes
- Chapter Eight. On Positionality And Its Comparability In The Legal Context / Alexander V. Kozin
- Index / T. Scheffer and J. Niewöhner.