In the welfare provision of today, power takes both the shape of juridical sanctions and of attractive offers for self-development. When state institutions punish criminals, remove children at risk, or enforce sanctions upon welfare recipients the question of power is immediately urgent. It is less [...]

This is a methodolgy textbook designed to introduce students and researchers to the four most commonly used qualitative methods in organisation studies: interviews, focus groups, observation and document studies. The four methods are presented in relation to three theoretical perspectives, realism, [...]