Hi Birrel,
I wouldn't quite say so:
At 11:10 15.04.00 -0700, Birrell Walsh wrote:
>SNIP
>Who knows what the better position might be? But the result is that
>Grounded Theory thus is a spectrum defined from Glaser (low a-priori) to
>Strauss-Corbin (high a-priori). It therefore can be used to justify
>theoretical approaches all along that spectrum -- a nice freedom for
>researchers.
>
>SNIP
I think there is good reason to take a decision wether this or that stance
in GT is apopropriate or not. In my opinion, Glaser's is seriously
misleading. Why? As you know he strongly advocates the 'no previous
theory'-position and it is easy to show that this is practically
impossible. Just take a look at his very own approach: At the same time he
proposes that every analytical work should be based on theoretical code
families. Now what is that if not a (very general) social theory? How is he
able to distinguish between one and the other category/family?
Wouldn't you agree?
Just a sunday morning thought...
Joerg
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