Political science research in the Middle East and North Africa : methodological and ethical challenges /

Based on personal accounts of their experiences conducting qualitative and quantitative research in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, the contributors to this volume share the real-life obstacles they have encountered in applying research methods in practice and the possible solutio...

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Introduction.
The methodological and ethical challenges of conducting research in the Middle East and North Africa /
Context. --
Encountering the mukhabarat state /
What is so special about field research in Iran? Doing fieldwork in religiously charged authoritarian settings /
Authoritarianism, gender and socio-politics : Saudi Arabia /
Researching in and on the Palestinian occupied territories /
Seeing beyond the spectacle : research on and adjacent to violence /
Doing research during times of revolution and counter-revolution /
Researching the countryside : farmers, farming and social transformation in a time of economic liberalisation /
Methods. --
Interviewing : lessons learned /
Interviewing Salafis : negotiating access and ethics /
Interviewing Salafis and overcoming mistrust in Middle Eastern and European contexts /
Interviewing and gender /
Process tracing and the political economy of development in the Middle East /
Ethnography is an option. Learning to learn in Yemen /
Coding in qualitative research /
Quantitative research in MENA political science /
Of promise and pitfalls : population-based experimental research in the Middle East /
Online media as research topic and research tool : fact, fiction and Facebook /
Researching Twitter /
Ethics. --
Blurred lines of inclusion and exclusion : research ethics for sympathisers /
Playing with positionality? Reflections on 'outsider'/'insider' status in the context of fieldwork in Lebanon's deeply divided polity /
Sleeping with the enemy? The ethics and politics of being a 'negative fieldworker' in Israel/Palestine /
Intersectionality theory and working with 'both sides' /
The (ambiguous) fieldwork experiences of a German Moroccan in Jordan /
Hauptverfasser:
Clark, Janine A., Cavatorta, Francesco
Weitere Verfasser:
Clark, Janine A. (HerausgeberIn), Cavatorta, Francesco (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Zusammenfassung:
Based on personal accounts of their experiences conducting qualitative and quantitative research in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, the contributors to this volume share the real-life obstacles they have encountered in applying research methods in practice and the possible solutions to overcome them.
Umfang:
1 online resource (329 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Previously issued in print: 2018.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-088299-9
0-19-088754-0
0-19-088298-0
Schlagworte:
Political science > Fieldwork > Middle East.
Political science > Fieldwork > Africa, North.
Political science > Fieldwork > Islamic countries.
Research > Moral and ethical aspects > Middle East.
Research > Moral and ethical aspects > Africa, North.
Research > Moral and ethical aspects > Islamic countries.
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