This cutting-edge book provides a comprehensive examination of applied qualitative research in the Caribbean. It highlights the methodological diversity of qualitative research by drawing on its various approaches to the study of Caribbean society, addressing the lack of published qualitative research on the region.
Featuring 17 chapters, the book covers 5 key areas, namely, Overview and Introduction; Gender, Crime and Violence; Gender and Intimate Partner Violence; Health, Management and Public Policy, and Migration and Tourism. Throughout the course of the book, the chapters explore how different kinds of qualitative research can be used to inform public policy and help deal with a myriad of socio-economic problems that affect Caribbean people. The book further uses distinct approaches to showcase a diverse selection of qualitative research methods, such as autoethnography, life history, narrative enquiry, participants' observation, grounded theory, case study, and critical discourse.
The book will be beneficial for students and scholars both from the Caribbean and internationally who are engaged in the conduct of qualitative empirical enquiry. It will further hold appeal to advanced undergraduate level classes and post graduate students along with scholars in the fields of social sciences and education.
About the Author: Corin Bailey is Professor of Sociology, Crime and Social inequality at the University of the West Indies (UWI). He is Director of the Centre for Criminal Justice and Security, located at UWI, Regional Headquarters, Mona Campus, Jamaica.
Roy McCree is a Senior Research Fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.
Latoya Lazarus is a Research Fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados.
Natalie Dietrich-Jones is a Research Fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica.
