Qualitative Methods Reading Group

The Qualitative Methods Reading Group is a new initiative in the WRDTP. Each month, Dr Jon Dean (Director of Advanced Qualitative Methods) will facilitate a one-hour discussion of a key classic or contemporary qualitative methods article or chapter.

Students should read the text beforehand, and come ready to talk about it in a relaxed and supportive atmosphere. This is an opportunity to study a key text in-depth, and to learn from fellow PGR students.

The first few months’ texts were chosen by White Rose students at the Methods Showcase event in January. If there are texts you want to discuss in future, please come along and suggest them.

This session’s reading is:

Hilhorst, S. (2025). Political legitimacy after the pits: Corruption narratives and labour power in a former coalmining town in England. The British Journal of Sociology, 76(2), 278-294.