Böcker i Cardiff Papers in Qualitative Research-serien

This work focuses on the role and implications of computer-aided methods in quantitative analysis in research, rather than analysis methods. Throughout the text, Mike Fisher proposes a cautious enthusiasm for computer-aided methods.

Discusses the ethical, cultural and philosophical issues surrounding the search for the book of life, focusing on the mapping of the human genome in Britain, the USA and Europe. Examines the impact of genetically modified crops, food and pharmacogenomics, along with the science and technology policy issues deriving from the human genome.

Using empirical evidence, this book contrasts the different life courses of three generations of women. In focusing on age, it explores an important social division and dimension of "difference", concluding that women of different ages do not share the same gendered life courses.