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Stories from the Field A Guide to Navigating Fieldwork in Political Science

Krause Peter Szekely Ora
Innbundet / 2020 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780231193009
Publisert
2020-06-30
Utgiver
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Columbia University Press
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229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet

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Krause Peter
Szekely Ora

Om bidragsyterne

Peter Krause is associate professor of political science at Boston College and research affiliate with the MIT Security Studies Program. He is the author of Rebel Power: Why National Movements Compete, Fight, and Win (2017) and coeditor of Coercion: The Power to Hurt in International Politics (2018).

Ora Szekely is associate professor of political science at Clark University. She is the author of The Politics of Militant Group Survival in the Middle East: Resources, Relationships, and Resistance (2016) and coauthor of Insurgent Women: Female Combatants in Civil Wars (2019).

Stories from the Field A Guide to Navigating Fieldwork in Political Science

Krause Peter Szekely Ora
Innbundet / 2020 / Engelsk
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Innbundet / 2020 / Engelsk
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The breadth of life experience captured in this collection is the reason this volume has great pedagogical potential. A lot of graduate students will flip to find their academic heroes and crushes and then keep reading. Authors are writing with different agendas, but always in a first-person voice. The effect is to give the volume both intellectual heft and a personal touch.

- Jesse Driscoll, author of <i>Doing Global Fieldwork: A Social Scientist’s Guide to Mixed-Methods Research Far From Home</i>,

I love this book. I want every first-year political science student, all graduate students, and each of my colleagues to read it. Krause and Szekely deliver the real deal: how to do rigorous field research while remaining candid, agile, and curious. In every chapter here, I laughed and I learned.

- Cynthia Enloe, author of <i>The Big Push: Exposing and Challenging Persistent Patriarchy</i>,

Scholars seldom share their personal stories and lessons drawn from field research with others, limiting our ability to learn from one another's experiences. This book is unique in making available stories and insights from forty-four such experiences from scholars for whom fieldwork is a central part of their research. I wish it had been available when I first went to the field, and hope that young scholars today will take advantage of it, both to convince them of the importance of fieldwork and to help to prepare them for what to expect from it.

- Sidney Tarrow, coeditor of <i>The Resistance: The Dawn of the Anti-Trump Opposition Movement</i>,

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Offers a wealth of personal insights, methodological discussions, and ways of creatively coping with the unexpected during research carried out around the globe....This is a good volume for use in a methods course...Highly recommended.

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What do you do if you get stuck in an elevator in Mogadishu? How worried should you be about being followed after an interview with a ring of human traffickers in Lebanon? What happens to your research if you get placed on a government watchlist? And what if you find yourself feeling like you just aren’t cut out for fieldwork?Stories from the Field is a relatable, thoughtful, and unorthodox guide to field research in political science. It features personal stories from working political scientists: some funny, some dramatic, all fascinating and informative. Political scientists from a diverse range of biographical and academic backgrounds describe research in North and South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, ranging from archival work to interviews with combatants. In sharing their stories, the book’s forty-four contributors provide accessible illustrations of key concepts, including specific research methods like conducting surveys and interviews, practical questions of health and safety, and general principles such as the importance of flexibility, creativity, and interpersonal connections. The contributors reflect not only on their own experiences but also on larger questions about research ethics, responsibility, and the effects of their personal and professional identities on their fieldwork. Stories from the Field is an essential resource for graduate and advanced undergraduate students learning about field research methods, as well as established scholars contemplating new journeys into the field.
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Stories from the Field is a relatable, thoughtful, and unorthodox guide to field research in political science. It features personal stories from working political scientists: some funny, some dramatic, all fascinating and informative.
Les mer
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Learning Through Stories, by Peter Krause and Ora SzekelyPart I. Welcome to the Field1. Fieldwork and Emotions, by Ian S. Lustick2. Cooking Soup and Killing Chickens: Navigating Gender and Food-as-Fieldwork in West Africa, by Zoe Marks3. Recite! Interpretive Fieldwork for Positivists, by Richard A. NielsenPart II. Designing Your Research and Deciding Where to Go4. Fieldwork by Decree, Not by Design, by Stathis N. Kalyvas5. Conducting 1,500 Surveys in New York City (With Great Uncertainty and a Limited Budget), by Christina M. Greer6. Hezbollah Will Take Your Data: How to Plan for Research Among Insurgents, by Krista E. Wiegand7. When the Linguistic Lightweight Goes Abroad: Relying on Sharp Students by Stephen M. Saideman8. Navigating Data Collection in War Zones, by Fotini ChristiaPart III. Make a Plan . . . Then Be Ready to Toss It9. Let Go and Let Ali, by Nadya Hajj10. Be Prepared (To Go Off Script), by Daniel N. Posner11. Radio Gaga: Evolving Field Experiments in Mali, by Kristin Michelitch12. Crossed Wires: Interviewing the Wrong People, by Bethany Lacina13. “You Don’t Know What You’re Getting Into”: Dealing with Dishonesty in the Field, by Matthew Franklin Cancian and Kristin E. Fabbe14. Successful Fieldwork for the Fieldwork-Hater, by Amelia Hoover GreenPart IV. Creatively Collecting Data and Evidence15. How to Interview a Terrorist, by Jessica Stern16. Stumbling Around in the Archives, by Marc Trachtenberg17. Details in the Doodles: Documenting Covert Action, by Lindsey A. O’Rourke18. My Stint as a Ukrainian Taxi Driver, by Keith Darden19. Conducting Fieldwork in a Virtual Space: Exploring ISIS’s Encrypted Messaging on Telegram, by Mia Bloom and Ayse Lokmanoglu20. All the Signs Are There: Incidental Discoveries During Fieldwork on Gender Discrimination in Russia, by Valerie Sperling21. Learning from Foreign Colleagues, by Robert RossPart V. Developing Local Knowledge22. On Field-Being, by Wendy Pearlman23. Fieldwork on Foot, by Paul Staniland24. The Onion Principle, by David D. Laitin25. The Intoxication of Fieldwork: Obtaining Authorizations in Burkina Faso, by John F. McCauley26. Field Research and Security in a Collapsed State, by Will Reno27. Building Field Networks in the Era of Big Data, by Amaney JamalPart VI. Seeing and Being Seen: Identity in the Field28. Researching an Old Civil War Close to Home, by Laia Balcells29. Positionality and Subjectivity in Field Research, by Enze Han30. Race and the Study of a Racial Democracy, by Melissa Nobles31. “Why Are You Interested in That?” Studying Racial Inequality in the United States from the Outside, by Desmond King32. Navigating Born and Chosen Identities in Fieldwork, by Peter KrausePart VII. Being Ethically Accountable33. On Research That “Matters,” by Erica Chenoweth34. The Field Is Everywhere, by Zachariah Cherian Mampilly35. Things Change: Protecting Yourself and Your Sources in Uncertain Times, by Marc Lynch36. Ethnography with Extremists: Living in a Fascist Militia, by Alessandro Orsini37. Building Trust with Ex-Insurgents, by Emil Aslan Souleimanov38. On Being Seen, by Ora SzekelyPart VIII. Staying Safe and Healthy39. Conducting Safe Fieldwork on Violence and Peace, by Sarah Zukerman Daly40. Your Safety and Theirs: Interviewing Sex-Traffickers, by Carla B. Abdo-Katsipis41. Shingles on the Campaign Trail, by Ravi Perry42. Drink the Tea, by Vipin NarangOne Last Thing Before You Go . . .Conclusion: What Does It Mean to Do Fieldwork?, by Peter Krause and Ora SzekelyIndex
Les mer
The breadth of life experience captured in this collection is the reason this volume has great pedagogical potential. A lot of graduate students will flip to find their academic heroes and crushes and then keep reading. Authors are writing with different agendas, but always in a first-person voice. The effect is to give the volume both intellectual heft and a personal touch.
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The breadth of life experience captured in this collection is the reason this volume has great pedagogical potential. A lot of graduate students will flip to find their academic heroes and crushes and then keep reading. Authors are writing with different agendas, but always in a first-person voice. The effect is to give the volume both intellectual heft and a personal touch.

- Jesse Driscoll, author of <i>Doing Global Fieldwork: A Social Scientist’s Guide to Mixed-Methods Research Far From Home</i>,

I love this book. I want every first-year political science student, all graduate students, and each of my colleagues to read it. Krause and Szekely deliver the real deal: how to do rigorous field research while remaining candid, agile, and curious. In every chapter here, I laughed and I learned.

- Cynthia Enloe, author of <i>The Big Push: Exposing and Challenging Persistent Patriarchy</i>,

Scholars seldom share their personal stories and lessons drawn from field research with others, limiting our ability to learn from one another's experiences. This book is unique in making available stories and insights from forty-four such experiences from scholars for whom fieldwork is a central part of their research. I wish it had been available when I first went to the field, and hope that young scholars today will take advantage of it, both to convince them of the importance of fieldwork and to help to prepare them for what to expect from it.

- Sidney Tarrow, coeditor of <i>The Resistance: The Dawn of the Anti-Trump Opposition Movement</i>,

Se alle

Offers a wealth of personal insights, methodological discussions, and ways of creatively coping with the unexpected during research carried out around the globe....This is a good volume for use in a methods course...Highly recommended.

Choice

What do you do if you get stuck in an elevator in Mogadishu? How worried should you be about being followed after an interview with a ring of human traffickers in Lebanon? What happens to your research if you get placed on a government watchlist? And what if you find yourself feeling like you just aren’t cut out for fieldwork?Stories from the Field is a relatable, thoughtful, and unorthodox guide to field research in political science. It features personal stories from working political scientists: some funny, some dramatic, all fascinating and informative. Political scientists from a diverse range of biographical and academic backgrounds describe research in North and South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, ranging from archival work to interviews with combatants. In sharing their stories, the book’s forty-four contributors provide accessible illustrations of key concepts, including specific research methods like conducting surveys and interviews, practical questions of health and safety, and general principles such as the importance of flexibility, creativity, and interpersonal connections. The contributors reflect not only on their own experiences but also on larger questions about research ethics, responsibility, and the effects of their personal and professional identities on their fieldwork. Stories from the Field is an essential resource for graduate and advanced undergraduate students learning about field research methods, as well as established scholars contemplating new journeys into the field.
Les mer
Stories from the Field is a relatable, thoughtful, and unorthodox guide to field research in political science. It features personal stories from working political scientists: some funny, some dramatic, all fascinating and informative.
Les mer
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Learning Through Stories, by Peter Krause and Ora SzekelyPart I. Welcome to the Field1. Fieldwork and Emotions, by Ian S. Lustick2. Cooking Soup and Killing Chickens: Navigating Gender and Food-as-Fieldwork in West Africa, by Zoe Marks3. Recite! Interpretive Fieldwork for Positivists, by Richard A. NielsenPart II. Designing Your Research and Deciding Where to Go4. Fieldwork by Decree, Not by Design, by Stathis N. Kalyvas5. Conducting 1,500 Surveys in New York City (With Great Uncertainty and a Limited Budget), by Christina M. Greer6. Hezbollah Will Take Your Data: How to Plan for Research Among Insurgents, by Krista E. Wiegand7. When the Linguistic Lightweight Goes Abroad: Relying on Sharp Students by Stephen M. Saideman8. Navigating Data Collection in War Zones, by Fotini ChristiaPart III. Make a Plan . . . Then Be Ready to Toss It9. Let Go and Let Ali, by Nadya Hajj10. Be Prepared (To Go Off Script), by Daniel N. Posner11. Radio Gaga: Evolving Field Experiments in Mali, by Kristin Michelitch12. Crossed Wires: Interviewing the Wrong People, by Bethany Lacina13. “You Don’t Know What You’re Getting Into”: Dealing with Dishonesty in the Field, by Matthew Franklin Cancian and Kristin E. Fabbe14. Successful Fieldwork for the Fieldwork-Hater, by Amelia Hoover GreenPart IV. Creatively Collecting Data and Evidence15. How to Interview a Terrorist, by Jessica Stern16. Stumbling Around in the Archives, by Marc Trachtenberg17. Details in the Doodles: Documenting Covert Action, by Lindsey A. O’Rourke18. My Stint as a Ukrainian Taxi Driver, by Keith Darden19. Conducting Fieldwork in a Virtual Space: Exploring ISIS’s Encrypted Messaging on Telegram, by Mia Bloom and Ayse Lokmanoglu20. All the Signs Are There: Incidental Discoveries During Fieldwork on Gender Discrimination in Russia, by Valerie Sperling21. Learning from Foreign Colleagues, by Robert RossPart V. Developing Local Knowledge22. On Field-Being, by Wendy Pearlman23. Fieldwork on Foot, by Paul Staniland24. The Onion Principle, by David D. Laitin25. The Intoxication of Fieldwork: Obtaining Authorizations in Burkina Faso, by John F. McCauley26. Field Research and Security in a Collapsed State, by Will Reno27. Building Field Networks in the Era of Big Data, by Amaney JamalPart VI. Seeing and Being Seen: Identity in the Field28. Researching an Old Civil War Close to Home, by Laia Balcells29. Positionality and Subjectivity in Field Research, by Enze Han30. Race and the Study of a Racial Democracy, by Melissa Nobles31. “Why Are You Interested in That?” Studying Racial Inequality in the United States from the Outside, by Desmond King32. Navigating Born and Chosen Identities in Fieldwork, by Peter KrausePart VII. Being Ethically Accountable33. On Research That “Matters,” by Erica Chenoweth34. The Field Is Everywhere, by Zachariah Cherian Mampilly35. Things Change: Protecting Yourself and Your Sources in Uncertain Times, by Marc Lynch36. Ethnography with Extremists: Living in a Fascist Militia, by Alessandro Orsini37. Building Trust with Ex-Insurgents, by Emil Aslan Souleimanov38. On Being Seen, by Ora SzekelyPart VIII. Staying Safe and Healthy39. Conducting Safe Fieldwork on Violence and Peace, by Sarah Zukerman Daly40. Your Safety and Theirs: Interviewing Sex-Traffickers, by Carla B. Abdo-Katsipis41. Shingles on the Campaign Trail, by Ravi Perry42. Drink the Tea, by Vipin NarangOne Last Thing Before You Go . . .Conclusion: What Does It Mean to Do Fieldwork?, by Peter Krause and Ora SzekelyIndex
Les mer
The breadth of life experience captured in this collection is the reason this volume has great pedagogical potential. A lot of graduate students will flip to find their academic heroes and crushes and then keep reading. Authors are writing with different agendas, but always in a first-person voice. The effect is to give the volume both intellectual heft and a personal touch.
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780231193009
Publisert
2020-06-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Columbia University Press
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet

Redaktør
Krause Peter
Szekely Ora

Om bidragsyterne

Peter Krause is associate professor of political science at Boston College and research affiliate with the MIT Security Studies Program. He is the author of Rebel Power: Why National Movements Compete, Fight, and Win (2017) and coeditor of Coercion: The Power to Hurt in International Politics (2018).

Ora Szekely is associate professor of political science at Clark University. She is the author of The Politics of Militant Group Survival in the Middle East: Resources, Relationships, and Resistance (2016) and coauthor of Insurgent Women: Female Combatants in Civil Wars (2019).

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