Interviews are a frequent and important part of empirical research in
political science, but graduate programs rarely offer
discipline-specific training in selecting interviewees, conducting
interviews, and using the data thus collected. _Interview Research in
Political Science_ addresses this vital need, offering hard-won advice
for both graduate students and faculty members. The contributors to
this book have worked in a variety of field locations and settings and
have interviewed a wide array of informants, from government officials
to members of rebel movements and victims of wartime violence, from
lobbyists and corporate executives to workers and trade unionists.The
authors encourage scholars from all subfields of political science to
use interviews in their research, and they provide a set of lessons
and tools for doing so. The book addresses how to construct a sample
of interviewees; how to collect and report interview data; and how to
address ethical considerations and the Institutional Review Board
process. Other chapters discuss how to link interview-based evidence
with causal claims; how to use proxy interviews or an interpreter to
improve access; and how to structure interview questions. A useful
appendix contains examples of consent documents, semistructured
interview prompts, and interview protocols.CONTRIBUTORS: Frank R.
Baumgartner, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Matthew
N. Beckmann, University of California, Irvine; Jeffrey M. Berry, Tufts
University; Erik Bleich, Middlebury College; Sarah M. Brooks, The Ohio
State University; Melani Cammett, Brown University; Lee Ann Fujii,
University of Toronto; Mary Gallagher, University of Michigan; Richard
L. Hall, University of Michigan; Marie Hojnacki, Pennsylvania State
University; David C. Kimball, University of Missouri, St. Louis; Beth
L. Leech, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey; Julia F. Lynch,
University of Pennsylvania; Cathie Jo Martin, Boston University;
Lauren Maclean, Indiana University; Layna Mosley, The University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Robert Pekkanen, University of
Washington; William Reno, Northwestern University; Reuel R. Rogers,
Northwestern University
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780801467967
Publisert
2017
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Vendor
Cornell University Press
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok