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Field research in political science : practices and principles /

"Field research - leaving one's home institution in order to acquire data, information or insights that significantly inform one's research - remains indispensable, even in a digitally networked era. This book, the first of its kind in political science, reconsiders the design and exe...

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Main Authors: Kapiszewski, Diana
Group Author: MacLean, Lauren M; Read, Benjamin Lelan
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge :
Publication Dates: 2015.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Strategies for social inquiry
Subjects:
Political science > Fieldwork
Political science > Research
Political science > Research > Methodology
Summary: "Field research - leaving one's home institution in order to acquire data, information or insights that significantly inform one's research - remains indispensable, even in a digitally networked era. This book, the first of its kind in political science, reconsiders the design and execution of field research and explores its role in producing knowledge. First, it offers an empirical overview of fieldwork in the discipline based on a large-scale survey and extensive interviews. Good fieldwork takes diverse forms yet follows a set of common practices and principles. Second, the book demonstrat
Carrier Form: xiii, 455 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 416-446) and index.
ISBN: 9780521184830 (paperback) :
0521184835 (paperback)
9781107006034 (hardback)
1107006031 (hardback)
Index Number: JA86
CLC: D0-03
Call Number: D0-03/K172
Contents: Machine generated contents note: 1. Field research in political science: practices and principles; 2. A historical and empirical overview of field research in the discipline; 3. Preparing for fieldwork; 4. Managing in the field: logistical, social, operational, and ethical challenges; 5. Thinking outside the (archive) box: discovering data in the field; 6. Interviews, oral histories, and focus groups; 7. Site-intensive methods: ethnography and participant observation; 8. Surveys in the context of field research; 9. Experiments in the field; 10. Analyzing, writing, and retooling in the field;

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