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Title Development fieldwork : a practical guide / edited by Regina Scheyvens
Edition Second edition
Published London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 288 pages)
Contents Introduction -- Regina Scheyvens and Sharon McLennan PART ONE: METHODOLOGY Designing Development Research -- Warwick E. Murray and John Overton Quantitative Research -- John Overton and Peter van Diermen Qualitative Research -- Rochelle Stewart-Withers, Glenn Banks, Andrew McGregor and Litea Meo-Sewabu Something Old, Something New: Research Using Archives, Texts and Virtual Data -- Sharon McLennan and Gerard Prinsen PART TWO: PREPARATION FOR THE FIELD Practical Issues -- Maria Borovnik, Helen Leslie and Donovan Storey Personal Issues -- Henry Scheyvens, Regina Scheyvens and Barbara Nowak PART THREE: IN THE FIELD Entering the Field -- Sharon McLennan, Donovan Storey and Helen Leslie Ethical Issues -- Glenn Banks and Regina Scheyvens Working with Marginalised, Vulnerable or Privileged Groups -- Regina Scheyvens, Henry Scheyvens and Warwick E. Murray PART FOUR: LEAVING THE FIELD Anything to Declare? The Politics and Practicalities of Leaving the Field -- Sara Kindon and Julie Cupples Returning to University and Writing the Field -- Julie Cupples and Sara Kindon Ways Forward -- Regina Scheyvens
Summary "Without doubt the best available guide to dealing with practical, methodological and ethical issues in 'development' research, within and across 'North' and 'South'. It addresses both long-standing and more recently emerging research issues with sensitivity, insight, good sense and a clear commitment to engaged, responsible research practices and relationships"--Dr. Emma Mawdsley, University of Cambridge
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Taylor & Francis Group, viewed January 29, 2021)
Subject Social sciences -- Fieldwork.
Social sciences -- Research.
Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology
Social sciences -- Fieldwork
Social sciences -- Research
Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology
Sciences sociales -- Recherche sur le terrain.
Sciences sociales -- Mëthodologie.
Fältarbete.
Forskningsmetodik.
Samhällsvetenskaplig forskning.
Samhällsvetenskap -- forskning -- metodik.
U-länder.
Form Electronic book
Author Scheyvens, Regina, editor.
ISBN 9781446297445
1446297446
9781473921801
1473921805
9781446297452
1446297454