Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foundations for thinking and working qualitatively -- Designing for analysis -- Managing and preparing data for analysis -- Read, reflect, and connect: initial explorations of data -- Codes and coding: principles and practice -- Naming, organising, and refining codes -- Alternative approaches to breaking open and connecting data -- Describing, evolving, and theorising concepts -- Comparative analyses as a means of furthering analysis -- Relational analyses -- If ... then ... is it because? Developing explanatory models and theories -- Developing coherent understanding -- Defending and extending: issues of quality and significance.