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 demonstrates the analytic
benefits of fieldwork, showing how it contributes to our understanding
of politics. Finally, it provides intellectual and practical guidance,
with chapters on preparing for field research, operating in the field
and making analytic progress while collecting data, and on data
collection techniques including archival research, interviewing,
ethnography and participant observation, surveys, and field
experiments.
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ISBN
9781316188675
Publisert
2015
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok