Description
Book SynopsisPresents an inventory of the methods developed in the study of international organizations (IOs) under the headings of Observing, Interviewing, Documenting, Measuring and Combining. The book creates a space for scholars in different academic traditions to reflect on methodological choices and the way they impact knowledge production on IOs.
Trade ReviewThis book is original and innovative, as it is the first companion to provide a broad and thoughtful inventory of research methods used in the social sciences and humanities to understand what international organizations are and what they do: so very helpful!" - Bob Reinalda, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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International Organizations and Research Methods fills a gaping hole in the IO literature and will be particularly valuable to graduate students and IO researchers with its diversity of methods and authors covering a range of UN specialized agencies and IOs in different issue areas and regions. The book's introduction provides a very useful overview of what the book aims to do and not do and how the editors define methods as a reflexive part of the research process. The innovative use of boxes is a great way to present specific tools and ‘tricks,’ including interviewing in a foreign language and analyzing tweets." - Margaret Karns, University of Massachusetts Boston
Table of Contents
- 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
