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1 online resource (357 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; Part I Getting started and seeing the context; 1 Introduction; 2 Getting access to the field: Insider/outsider perspectives; 3 Getting on the same net: How the theory-driven academic can better communicate with the pragmatic military client; 4 Reflexivity: Potentially "dangerous liaisons"; 5 Doing military research in conflict environments; 6 Studying host-nationals in operational areas: The challenge of Afghanistan; Part II Qualitative methods |
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7 Historical research in the military domain8 Retrieving what's already there: Archival data for research in defense acquisition; 9 Process tracing in case studies; 10 Being one of the guys or the fly on the wall? Participant observation of veteran bikers; 11 In-depth interviewing; 12 Qualitative data analysis: Seeing the patterns in the fog of civil-military interaction; 13 Visual communication research and war; 14 Researching 'the most dangerous of all sources': Egodocuments; 15 Scrutinizing the Internet in search of "homegrown" terrorism; Part III Quantitative methods |
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16 Survey research in military settings17 Longitudinal design in using surveys in military research: Common challenges and techniques; 18 Multilevel analysis: The examination of hierarchical data in military research; 19 Cross-national research in the military: Comparing operational styles; 20 Experimental methods in military and veteran studies; 21 The empirical analysis of conflicts, using databases; 22 Computational modeling to study conflicts and terrorism; 23 Evaluating peace operations: Challenges and dimensions; 24 Business analytics research in military organizations; Part IV The end |
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25 A new approach to doing military ethics26 Theory building in research on the military; 27 Doing practical research and publishing in military studies; Select bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This volume offers an overview of the methodologies of research in the field of military studies. As an institution relying on individuals and resources provided by society, the military has been studied by scholars from a wide range of disciplines: political science, sociology, history, psychology, anthropology, economics and administrative studies. The methodological approaches in these disciplines vary from computational modelling of conflicts and surveys of military performance, to the qualitative study of military stories from the battlefield and veterans experiences. Rapidly de |
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Print version record |
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Military art and science -- Methodology
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Military history -- Methodology
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Sociology, Military -- Methodology
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Military art and science -- Methodology
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Military history -- Methodology
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Militärväsen -- metodik.
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Krigsvetenskap -- metodik.
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Militärsociologi -- metodik.
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Militärhistoria -- metodik.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Shields, Patricia M
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Rietjens, Sebastiaan
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| ISBN |
9781136203312 |
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1136203311 |
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