What's Wrong With Ethnography?

<p>This stimulating and refreshing study written by one of the leading commentators in the field provides novel answers to these crucial questions.<br> <em>What's Wrong With Ethnography</em> provides a fresh look at the rationale for and distinctiveness of ethnographic research in sociology education and related fields and succeeds in slaying a number of currently fashionable sacred cows. Relativism critical theory the uniqueness of the case study and the distinction between qualitative and quantitative research are all examined and found wanting as a basis for informed ethnography. The policy and political implications of ethnography are a particular focus of attention. The author compels the reader to reexamine some basic methodological assumptions in an exciting way Martin Bulmer London School of Economics.</p>