Ashley T. Rubin, "Rocking Qualitative Social Science: An Irreverent Guide to Rigorous Research" (Stanford UP, 2021)

New Books in Sociology · Jul 2, 2021 · 56m

Unlike other athletes, the rock climber tends to disregard established norms of style and technique, doing whatever she needs to do to get to the next foothold. This figure provides an apt analogy for the scholar at the center of this unique book. In Rocking Qualitative Social Science, Dr. Ashley T. Rubin provides an entertaining treatise, corrective vision, and rigorously informative guidebook for qualitative research methods that have long been dismissed in deference to traditional scientific methods. Recognizing the steep challenges facing many, especially junior, social science scholars…