TY - BOOK AU - Maxwell,Joseph Alex TI - A realist approach for qualitative research SN - 9780761929239 (pbk.) PY - 2012/// CY - Thousand Oaks PB - SAGE Publications KW - Qualitative research KW - Social sciences KW - Research KW - Methodology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; What is realism, and why should qualitative researchers care? -- Meaning and culture are real -- Causation is real -- Diversity is real -- The realities of research design -- Research relationships and data collection -- Real and virtual relationships in qualitative data analysis (with Barbara Miller) -- Understanding, validity, and evidence -- Explaining Plains Indian Social Organization -- Meaning and diversity in inuit kinship and culture ER -