Participant Observation: A Methodology for Human Studies

Danny L. Jorgensen

SAGE Publications, Feb 1, 1989 - Social Science - 133 pages

While providing an introduction to basic principles and strategies, this volume also explores the philosophy and methodology underlying the practice of participant observation. Taking a practical approach to the methods of participant observation, Jorgensen illustrates these methods with classic and current research studies.

About the author

Dr. Jorgensen is a sociologist of religion, a Professor of Religious Studies, and a former Director of Graduate Studies at USF. He is a series editor for Universities of South Florida-Rochester-St. Louis Studies in Religion and Social Order: Studies of Latter Day Saint Religion (Scholar Press). He has edited a volume entitled Religion and the Challenge of Modernity: The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the United States Today for this series. He has also published in the American Journal of Sociology, Sociological Quarterly, Urban Life (Journal of Contemporary Ethnography), Symbolic Interaction, Deviant Behavior, Kansas History, Annals of Iowa, Journal of Mormon History, Dialogue, John Whitmer Historical Association Journal, Nauvoo Journal, and Nova Religion.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Participant Observation: A Methodology for Human Studies; Volume 15 of Applied Social Research Methods; Volume 15 of Applied Social Research
• Editor: Danny L. Jorgensen
• Edition: 2, illustrated
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, 1989
• ISBN: 0803928777, 9780803928770
• Length: 133 pages
• Subjects: Reference / Research; Social Science / Research