Helping the reader get to grips with theory and apply it to qualitative analysis, the authors introduce eight analytical approaches that are key to social science research.

Chapter 1: Analysing qualitative data in the social science - Margaretha Järvinen and Nanna Mik-MeyerChapter 2: Symbolic interactionism as analytical tradition - Margaretha JärvinenChapter 3: Symbolic interactionism, stigma, and othering - Nanna Mik-MeyerChapter 4: Phenomenology as qualitative methodology - Michael GillChapter 5: Phenomenological analysis and the relationship between researcher and field - Anne Roelsgaard OblingChapter 6: Hermeneutics - theory and methods - Nils GiljeChapter 7: Interpretation, prejudice and the hermeneutic circle - Søren KristiansenChapter 8: Critical realism as qualitative method - Lee MartinChapter 9: Critical realism: Philosophical and methodological considerations - Amber FletcherChapter 10: Grounded Theory - main characteristics - Kathy CharmazChapter 11: Sampling and conceptualization in Grounded Theory - Catherine ColonChapter 12: Narrative Analysis: An integrative approach - Michael BambergChapter 13: Narrative analysis - thematic, structural, performative - Tea Torbenfeldt Bengtsson & Ditte AndersenChapter 14: Michel Foucault's discourse analysis - Kaspar VilladsenChapter 15: Critical discourse analysis - Teun A. van DijkChapter 16: Actor-network theory as analytical approach - Lise JustesenChapter 17: Actor-network theory and qualitative interviews - Jakob Demant and Signe Ravn