Driscoll Doing Global Fieldwork

A Social Scientist's Guide to Mixed-Methods Research Far from Home
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-231-55128-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Jesse Driscoll offers a how-to guide for social scientists who are considering extended mixed-methods international fieldwork. Doing Global Fieldwork is an up-to-date handbook for graduate students and social science researchers of all stripes who need blunt, no-nonsense advice about how to make the best of their time in the field.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Driscoll, Jesse

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Figures and Tables
Preface
1. Welcome to the Guild
2. How to Prepare to leave your home institution
3. How to Think About Self-Presentation Once You Arrive
4. How to Think About Solo Data Collection
5. How to Think Like a Manager
6. How to Weigh Risks in Difficult Settings
7. How to Come Home
Acknowledgments
Appendix I: How to Retell the Story of Your Journey to the Field
Appendix II: Additional Reading
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jesse Driscoll is associate professor of political science at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California at San Diego. He is the author of Warlords and Coalition Politics in Post-Soviet States (2015), and he has conducted research in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Somalia, Georgia, and Ukraine.