What is Qualitative Interviewing? is an accessible and comprehensive ‘what is’ and ‘how to’ methods book. It is distinctive in emphasizing the importance of good practice in understanding and undertaking qualitative interviews within the framework of a clear philosophical position. Rosalind Edwards and Janet Holland provide clear and succinct explanations of relevant philosophies and theories of how to know about the social world, and a thorough discussion of how to go about researching it using interviews. A series of short chapters explain a range of interview types and practices. Drawing on their own and colleagues’ experiences Edwards and Holland provide real research examples as informative illustrations of qualitative interviewing in practice and the use of creative interview tools. They discuss the use of new technologies as well as tackling enduring issues around asking and listening, and power dynamics in research. Written in a clear and accessible style the book concludes with a useful annotated bibliography of key texts and journals in the field. What is Qualitative Interviewing? provides a vital resource for both new and experienced researchers across the social science disciplines.

What is Qualitative Interviewing

Hermeneutic phenomenology and phenomenology have become increasingly popular as research methodologies, yet confusion still exists about the unique aspects of these two methodologies. This article provides a discussion of the essential similarities and differences between hermeneutic phenomenology and phenomenology from historical and methodological perspectives. Consideration is given to the philosophical bases, assumptions, focus of research and research outcomes that differentiate these approaches.

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Hermeneutic Phenomenology and Phenomenology: A Comparison of Historical and Methodological Considerations

We argue that the social construction of target populations is an important, albeit overlooked, political phenomenon that should take its place in the study of public policy by political scientists. The theory contends that social constructions influence the policy agenda and the selection of policy tools, as well as the rationales that legitimate policy choices. Constructions become embedded in policy as messages that are absorbed by citizens and affect their orientations and participation. The theory is important because it helps explain why some groups are advantaged more than others independently of traditional notions of political power and how policy designs reinforce or alter such advantages. An understanding of social constructions of target populations augments conventional hypotheses about the dynamics of policy change, the determination of beneficiaries and losers, the reasons for differing levels and types of participation among target groups, and the role of policy in democracy.

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Social Construction of Target Populations: Implications for Politics and Policy.

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The Precariat. The New Dangerous Class

Family, friendship and community networks underlie much of the recent migration to industrial nations Current interest in these networks accompany the development of a migration system perspective

Family and personal networks in international migration: recent developments and new agendas.

Contemporary processes of globalization havebeen accompanied by a serious deterioration inthe health of many women across the world Particularly disturbing is the drastic declinein the health status of many women in theglobal South, as well as some women in theglobal North This paper argues that thehealth vulnerability of women in the globalSouth is inseparable from their political andeconomic vulnerability More specifically, itlinks the deteriorating health of many Southernwomen with the neo-liberal economic policiesthat characterize contemporary economicglobalization and argues that this structure issustained by the heavy burden of debtrepayments imposed on many Southern countries In conclusion, it argues that many Southerndebt obligations are not morally bindingbecause they are not democraticallylegitimate

Vulnerable women and neo-liberal globalization: debt burdens undermine women's health in the global South.

A survey of Western feminist ethics over the past thirty years reveals considerable diversity; nonetheless, much recent work in this area is characterized by its adoption of a naturalistic approach. Such an approach is similar to that found in contemporary naturalized epistemology and philosophy of science, yet feminist naturalism has a unique focus. This paper explains what feminist naturalism can contribute to moral philosophy, both by critiquing moral concepts that obscure or rationalize women’s subordination and by paying attention to real-life practices of moral inquiry, including those used by women.

Ethics Naturalized: Feminism's Contribution to Moral Epistemology

IS GLOBALIZATION GOOD for women? The answer to this question obviously depends on what one means by "globalization" and by "good" and which "women" one has in mind. After explaining briefly what I mean by "globalization" and "good" and indicating which women I have in mind, I intend to argue that globalization, as we currently know it, is not good for most women. However, I'll suggest that the badness of the present situation is not due to globalization as such, but rather to its specific neoliberal mode of organization. I'll identify some of the questions that globalization urgently raises for political philosophy and end by sketching one vision of an alternative form of globalization that could be very good for women-as well as for children and men.

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Is Globalization Good for Women

Neoliberal globalization has deepened the impoverishment and marginalization of many women. This system is maintained by the debt supposedly owed by many poor nations in the global South to a few rich nations in the global North, because the obligation to service the debt traps the people of the South within an economic order that severely disadvantages them. I offer several reasons for thinking that many of these alleged debt obligations are not morally binding, especially on Southern women.

A Feminist Critique of the Alleged Southern Debt

In the liberal democracies of North America and the European Union, terrorism is almost universally condemned. Moreover, few wish to question the “moral clarity” that denies any “moral equivalence” between terrorists and those who fight them (Held 2004, 59–60). However, the seeming consensus on the moral reprehensibility of terrorism is undermined by substantial disagreement about just what terrorism is. The United Nations has long been unable to agree on workable criteria for terrorism—though it may now be moving to a new consensus—and even the various agencies of the U.S. government disagree with each other. The primary purpose of this paper is to propose an account of terrorism capable of facilitating a more productive moral debate. I conclude by opening— though certainly not closing—the question of when, if ever, terrorism might be morally permissible.

Alison M. Jaggar

Papers

Vulnerable women and neo-liberal globalization: debt burdens undermine women's health in the global South.

Ethics Naturalized: Feminism's Contribution to Moral Epistemology

Is Globalization Good for Women

A Feminist Critique of the Alleged Southern Debt

What Is Terrorism, Why Is It Wrong, and Could It Ever Be Morally Permissible?