Cross-national research methodology & practice / edited by Linda Hantrais and Steen Mangen.

"First published in 2007. Transferred to Digital Printing 2009."--T.p. verso of paperback edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Linda Hantrais (Loughborough University) and Steen Mangen (London School of Economics) -- METHODOLOGY -- Contextualization in cross-national comparative research -- Linda Hantrais (Loughborough University) -- Qualitative research methods in cross-national settings -- Steen Mangen (London School of Economics) -- In pursuit of quality: issues for cross-national survey research-- Janet Harkness (Centre for Survey Research and Methodology, ZUMA, Mannheim) -- PRACTICE -- Concepts, context and discourse in a comparative case study -- Emma Carmel (Department of Social Policy and Policy Sciences, University of Bath) -- Combining quantitative and qualitative research methods in the study of international migration -- Ann Singleton (School of Policy Studies, University of Bristol) -- Cross-national qualitative research: accommodating ideals and reality -- Monika Zulauf (T H Marshall Fellow, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics) -- Context, culture and values in migration research on children within the European Union -- Louise Ackers (School of Social Policy, University of Leeds)

Aiming to contribute to the theoretical basis of research that crosses national boundaries and to offer guidance for relative newcomers to cross-national research by analysing and evaluating the research process, this work also includes practical examples from cross-national research projects.