Interviews hold a prominent place among research methods in the social and behavioral sciences . This book examines current views and practices of interviewing and conclude that they reflect a restricted conception of the interview process. This view obscures the essence of interviewing that it is an occasion of two persons speaking to each other and undercuts the potential and special contribution of interviewing for theoretical understanding of human action and experience. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.