This book presents the state-of-the-art discourse on qualitative methods in psychology and community studies. Authors from the United States and abroad provide examples of research dilemmas and recommendations for this and the next generation of qualitative researchers.

Culture has become one of the most important constructs in contemporary psychology, yet when behavioural and social scientists attempt to research ethnocultural communities, they typically rely on wholly quantitative methods, excluding the richness and vitality that numbers alone cannot convey. This volume presents the state-of-the-art discourse on qualitative methods in psychology and community studies.