Benjamin L. Read

Field Research in Political Science: Field research in political science: practices and principles

1. Field research in political science: practices and principles 2. A historical and empirical overview of field research in the discipline 3. Preparing for fieldwork 4. Managing in the field: logistical, social, operational, and ethical challenges 5. Thinking outside the (archive) box: discovering data in the field 6. Interviews, oral histories, and focus groups 7. Site-intensive methods: ethnography and participant observation 8. Surveys in the context of field research 9. Experiments in the field 10. Analyzing, writing, and retooling in the field 11. The future of field research in political science.