The Qualitative Manifesto ─ A Call to Arms

"I have long admired Norm Denzin's vision and passion for qualitative inquiry. But I have never seen him write with such raw, energizing power. His is the voice of a fine angry angel leading us into the political battle of narratives currently defining, and contesting, qualitative research. It's a perfect pitch for this manifesto that is really a full intellectual and performative call to arms."-H. L. Goodall, Jr., Arizona State University

What are the prospects for those who engage in qualitative inquiry? The leading figure in the qualitative community, Norman Denzin, provides a "call to arms" for researchers in this brief, provocative book. Denzin asks for a research tradition engaged in social justice, sensitive to identity and indigenous concerns, brave to risk presentation in forms beyond traditional academic writing, and committed to teaching this to their students and colleagues. He outlines a cogent, inclusive blueprint for the future of the field. This is an important work for anyone engaged in qualitative inquiry.

Norman K. Denzin is professor of communications at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and co-editor of the Handbook of Qualitative Research, the journals Qualitative Inquiry and International Review of Qualitative Research, as well as author or editor of two dozen other books on qualitative research.