International Organizations and Research Methods

An Introduction
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-0-472-07622-2
Verlag: University of Michigan Press

Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Scholars have studied international organizations (IOs) in many disciplines, thus generating important theoretical developments. Yet a proper assessment and a broad discussion of the methods used to research these organizations are lacking. Which methods are being used to study IOs and in what ways? Do we need a specific methodology applied to the case of IOs? What are the concrete methodological challenges when doing research on IOs? International Organizations and Research Methods: An Introduction compiles an inventory of the methods developed in the study of IOs under the five headings of Observing, Interviewing, Documenting, Measuring, and Combining. It does not reconcile diverging views on the purpose and meaning of IO scholarship, but creates a space for scholars and students embedded in different academic traditions to reflect on methodological choices and the way they impact knowledge production on IOs.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Nichtregierungsorganisation (NGOs)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION. Rethinking Methods of Investigation and International Organizations
Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens
PART 1. OBSERVING
Introduction: Observing
Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens
Chapter 1. Direct Observation
Kari De Pryck and Svenja Rauch
Box a. Observing Spatial Practices
Fiona McConnell
Box b. Digital Observation
MÉlanie Albaret
Chapter 2. Participant Observation
Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens
Box c. Multipositionality
Simon Tordjman
Box d. Carnal Sociology
Julie Patarin-Jossec
Box e. Exiting Fieldwork
FrÉdÉric MÉrand
Chapter 3. Ethnographic Interviews
Leah R. Kimber and Emilie Dairon
Box f. Reversed Photo-Elicitation
Leah R. Kimber
Interlude I. Frictions of Distance and Proximity. Observing IOs in Action
Birgit MÜller
PART 2. INTERVIEWING
Introduction: Interviewing
Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens
Chapter 4. Surveys
Clara Egger and Monique J. Beerli
Box g. Languages and Interviews
James Worrall
Box h. Focus Groups
Marie Saiget
Chapter 5. Semi-Structured Interviews
MÉlanie Albaret and Joan Deas
Box i. Interviewing “Beneficiaries”
Lucie Laplace
Box j. Asymetrical interviews
Emilie Dairon
Chapter 6. Biographic Interviews
Monique J. Beerli
Box k. Online Interviews
Leah R. Kimber
Interlude II. Controversies in Interview Research
Annabelle Littoz-Monnet
PART 3. DOCUMENTING
Introduction: Documenting
Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens
Chapter 7. Legal Research
Ian Hurd
Chapter 8. Archives
Ellen J. Ravndal
Box l. Visual Archives
ValÉrie Gorin
Chapter 9. Visual Methods
ValÉrie Gorin
Box m. Analyzing Maps
BenoÎt Martin
Box n. Branding Analysis
Stefan Tschauko
Box o. Artifact Analysis
Julian Eckl
Chapter 10. Document Analysis: a praxiographic approach
Christian Bueger
Box p. Semiology of Websites
Camille Rondot
Box q. Analyzing Tweets
Matthias Hofferberth
Chapter 11. Discourse Analysis
Audrey Alejandro, Marion Laurence and Lucile Maertens
Box r. Studying Ideas
Olivier Nay
Chapter 12. Statistics and Quantification
Roser CussÓ and Laure Piguet
Box s. Analyzing Charts, Infographics and Dataviz
BenoÎt Martin
Chapter 13. Budget Analysis
Svanhildur Thorvaldsdottir and Ronny Patz
Interlude III. What IOs Talk about When They Talk about Themselves, and How They Do It
Davide Rodogno
PART 4. MEASURING
Introduction: Measuring
Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens
Chapter 14. Voting Analysis
Erik Voeten
Chapter 15. Statistical Analyses with IO Data
Fabien Cottier and Heidrun Bohnet
Box t. Navigating Human Resource Statistics
Fanny Badache
Chapter 16. Large-N Data and Quantitative Analyses
Charles B. Roger
Chapter 17. Computerized Text Analysis
Mor Mitrani and Inbar Noy
Chapter 18. Multiple Correspondence Analysis
Constantin Brissaud
Box u. Building Databases on Individuals
Kseniya Oksamytna
Chapter 19. Social Network Analysis
Anna-Luise ChanÉ
Interlude IV. Challenging IOs through Numbers
Simon Hug
PART 5. COMBINING
Introduction: Combining
Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens
Chapter 20. Interviews and Observations
Kari De Pryck
Box v. Challenging Secrecy
Olivier Schmitt
Chapter 21. Observation, Interviews and Archives
Marieke Louis
Chapter 22. Computational Text Analysis and Archival Methods
Evan Easton-Calabria and William Allen
Chapter 23. Qualitative Comparative Analysis
Ryan Federo
Chapter 24. Structured, Focused Comparison
Vytautas Jankauskas, Steffen Eckhard and JÖrn Ege
Chapter 25. Process Tracing
Svenja Rauch
Chapter 26. Prosopography
Aykiz Dogan and FrÉdÉric Lebaron
Box w. Research with LinkedIn
Monique J. Beerli
Chapter 27. Practice Analysis
Vincent Pouliot
Chapter 28. Feminist Approaches
Georgina Holmes
Box x. Postcolonial Insights
Soumita Basu
Box y. Reflexivity in Practice
Audrey Alejandro
Chapter 29. Composing Collages: Working at the Edge of Disciplinary Boundaries
Anna Leander
Box z. Expeditions as a Research Method
Doaa Abdel-Motaal
Interlude V. Controversies on Methodological Pluralism
J. Samuel Barkin