Books in the Cardiff Papers in Qualitative Research series

This work focuses on the role and implications of computer-aided methods in quantitative analysis in research, rather than analysis methods. Throughout the text, Mike Fisher proposes a cautious enthusiasm for computer-aided methods.

Since the work of Harold Garfinkel and Harvey Sacks in the 1960s, ethnomethodological work on matters of identity has proliferated. In spite of this however, there appears to have been little research on national identity in particular. This book brings together such work.

Discusses the ethical, cultural and philosophical issues surrounding the search for the book of life, focusing on the mapping of the human genome in Britain, the USA and Europe. Examines the impact of genetically modified crops, food and pharmacogenomics, along with the science and technology policy issues deriving from the human genome.

Using empirical evidence, this book contrasts the different life courses of three generations of women. In focusing on age, it explores an important social division and dimension of "difference", concluding that women of different ages do not share the same gendered life courses.