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| Title:
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UNDERSTANDING PEACE RESEARCH
METHODS AND CHALLENGES |
| By: |
Kristine Hoglund (Editor), Magnus Oberg (Editor) |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£32.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1136809090 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781136809095 |
| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 2011 |
| Pages: |
228 |
| Synopsis: |
This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of different methods and sources of information-gathering for peace and conflict students and researchers, as well as the challenges presented by such work. Research on conflict-ridden societies carries special challenges for the collection and evaluation of information about the conflict and its actors. First, due to the nature of information emerging, incentives to misrepresent and propaganda is common. News coverage is sometimes poor and reporting is often incomplete, selective and biased. Second, the sensitivity of the topic and the questions posed in peace and conflict research means that access to and the security of informants can be a problem. Peace and conflict research as a discipline encompasses a number of different approaches for obtaining empirical information which serve as a basis for analyzing various research topics. This book provides a comprehensive overview of different methods and sources of information-gathering for students and researchers, as well as the challenges presented by such work. It offers: tools for evaluating sources and informationsuggestions on where different types of information can be foundadvice on using different types of sources, including news reports and written narrativespractical guidelines for constructing large-scale datasetsinsights and guidelines for comparative fieldwork, in-depth interviews, focus groups, and surveys? reflection and discussion on important ethical concerns in peace researchThis book will be of much interest for students and researchers of peace and conflict studies, conflict resolution, war and conflict studies, development studies, security studies and IR, as well as for NGO workers/researchers. Kristine Hoglund is Associate Professor at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University. She has a PhD in Peace and Conflict Research from Uppsala University Sweden (2004). She is author of Peacemaking in the Shadow of Violence. Magnus OEberg is Associate Professor at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Peace Research (since 2006). He has a PhD in Peace and Conflict Research from Uppsala University (2003) and is co-editor of Resources, Governance, and Civil Conflict (Routledge, 2008). |
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2 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white; 4 Tables, |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Routledge |
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Non-returnable |
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