Diana Kapiszewski, Lauren M. MacLean, Benjamin L. Read

Field Research in Political Science

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explains how field research contributes value to political science by exploring scholars' experiences, detailing exemplary practices, and asserting key principles.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 470
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 804g
• ISBN-13: 9780521184830
• ISBN-10: 0521184835
• Artikelnr.: 41493344

Autorenporträt

Diana Kapiszewski is Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at Georgetown University.

Inhaltsangabe

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
11. The future of field research in political science.