Doing Qualitative Research in Politics

Integrating Theory Building and Policy Relevance
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-72229-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 438 g

Addresses a distinct lack of literature on research methododolgy, in particular qualitative methods, in IR
Will serve as a pragmatic and reassuring research guide for scholars and students alike

Directly links theoretical discussions to relevant policy formulations

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Samuel, Lisa M.

Kachuyevski, Angela

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Methodenlehre
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Doing Qualitative Research in Politics: Building Theory and Formulating Policy.- 2. Case-Driven Theory-Building in Comparative Democratization: The Heuristics of Venezuela’s “Democratic Purgatory”.- 3. The Return of the Qualitative Case Study: The Impact of the Presidency and Congress on US Policy toward North Korea.- 4. Ethnic Conflict Management in Eastern Europe: Structured, Focused Comparison and the Case for Multidimensional Prevention.- 5. Combating modeling “at the expense of relevance”: Moving the Study of Political Behavior past Large-N Survey Analysis in American Politics.- 6. Framing Infectious Diseases: Effective Policy Implementation and U.S. Public Opinion.- 7. Searching for Justice in International Trade Negotiations: A Feminist-Informed Multi-Sited Ethnographic Study of the Commonwealth Caribbean.- 8. Negotiating Local Cultural Space in a Global World: Joint Efforts at Meaning-Making and the Reconfiguration of Normative Womanhood in India.- 9. Policy Embodied: HIV, Sex Work, and Everyday Risks in the Slums of Kampala.

Über Autor(innen)

Angela Kachuyevski is Associate Professor of Political Science at Arcadia University, USA.Lisa M. Samuel is Academic Director and Clinical Assistant Professor at New York University’s School of Professional Studies Division of Applied Undergraduate Studies, USA.