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    Data as Entanglement: New Definitions and Uses of Data in Qualitative Research, Policy, and Neoliberal Governance

    Torrance, Harry (2019) Data as Entanglement: New Definitions and Uses of Data in Qualitative Research, Policy, and Neoliberal Governance. Qualitative Inquiry, 25 (8). pp. 734-742. ISSN 1077-8004

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    Abstract

    Data is an increasingly contested term and concept in qualitative research, but its definition and use is also changing in social policy development and public service management. The article will explore these parallel and apparently independent developments and argue that, while deriving from different fields and aspirations, these developments have elements in common and data is a term now as much applied to and used in political governance, as it is in (what used to be seen as) disinterested science.

    Item Type: Article
    Peer-reviewed: Yes
    Date Deposited: 13 Nov 2018 11:57
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Additional Information: Accepted manuscript published by SAGE Publications and copyright The Authors.
    Divisions: Faculties > Health and Education
    Research Centres > Education and Social Research Institute
    Subject terms: 1303 Specialist Studies In Education, 1301 Education Systems, 1608 Sociology, Social Sciences Methods
    URI: https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/621829
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800418807239
    ISSN 1077-8004

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