Book contents
- Field Research in Political Science
- Field Research in Political Science: Practices and Principles
- Field Research in Political Science
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 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
- Appendix
- References
- Index
Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2015
- Field Research in Political Science
- Field Research in Political Science: Practices and Principles
- Field Research in Political Science
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 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
- Appendix
- References
- Index
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- Field Research in Political SciencePractices and Principles, pp. ix - xivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015