Lecture slides on Moodle
Required reading:
- Hammersley, M. and Atkinson, P. (1995) Ethnography: Principles in practice, 2nd ed., London: Routledge.
- Read chapter 4, ‘Field relations’, pp.80-123.
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- Atkinson-Sheppard, S. (2022) Developing Authenticity, Building Connections: Exploring Research Methodologies in Asia. Asian Journal of Criminology, 17(2): 157-174.
Required reading
- Liebling, A. (2015) ‘Appreciative inquiry, generative theory, and the ‘failed state’ prison’, in J. Miller and W. Palacios, (eds) Qualitative Research in Criminology: Advances in Criminological Theory vol. 20. New Jersey, Routledge Publishers, pp. 251-270.
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Further reading
- Liebling, A; assisted by Arnold, H (2004) Prisons and their Moral Performance: A Study of Values, Quality and Prison Life Oxford: Clarendon Press, chapter 3.
- Liebling, A. (2026) Aristotle’s Prison: A Search for Humanity in Tragic Places, chapter 2.
- Liebling, A; Elliot, C and Price, D (1999) ‘Appreciative Inquiry and Relationships in Prison’, Punishment and Society: The International Journal of Penology 1(1) pp 71-98
- Liebling, A; Elliott, C and Arnold, A (2001) ‘Transforming the Prison: Romantic Optimism or Appreciative Realism?’, Criminal Justice 1(2) pp 161-180
- Elliott, C; Liebling, A and Arnold, H (2001) ‘Locating the Energy for Change: Appreciative Inquiry in Two Local Prisons’, Prison Service Journal No. 135 pp 3-10
- Elliott, C. (1999) Locating the Energy for Change: An Introduction to Appreciative Inquiry, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg.
- Ludema, J., Cooperrider, D. and Barrett, F. (2001) ‘Appreciative Inquiry: The Power of the Unconditional Positive Question’, in P. Reason and H. Bradbury (eds), Handbook of Action Research, Sage, London, pp. 189-99.
- Ludema, J. D., Wilmot, T. B. and Srivastva, S. (1997) “Organizational Hope: Reaffirming the Constructive Task of Social and Organizational Inquiry.” Human Relations, 50(8):1015-1052.
- Cooperrider, D. L. and Srivastva, S. (1987) “Appreciative Inquiry in Organizational Life.” Research in Organisational Change and Development, 1(1): 129-170.