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Navigating Fieldwork as an Outsider: Observations from Interviewing Police Officers in China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2014

Suzanne E. Scoggins
Suzanne E. Scoggins*
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University of California, Berkeley
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Symposium: Fieldwork in Political Science: Encountering Challenges and Crafting Solutions
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 47 , Issue 2 , April 2014 , pp. 394 - 397
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2014 

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