| ID | 136452 |
| Title Proper | Transparency without tears |
| Other Title Information | a pragmatic approach to transparent security studies research |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Saunders, Elizabeth N |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Research transparency is an idea that is easy to love in principle. If one accepts the logic behind emerging transparency and replication standards in quantitative research, it is hard not to agree that such standards should also govern qualitative research. Yet the challenges to transparency in qualitative research, particularly on security studies topics, are formidable. This article argues that there are significant individual and collective benefits to making qualitative security studies research more transparent but that reaping these benefits requires minimizing the real and expected costs borne by individual scholars. I focus on how scholars can meet emerging standards for transparency without incurring prohibitive costs in time or resources, an important consideration if transparency is to become a norm in qualitative security studies. In short, it is possible to achieve transparency without tears, but only if perfection is not the enemy of the good. |
| `In' analytical Note | Security Studies Vol.23, No.4; Oct-Dec.2014: p.689-698 |
| Journal Source | Security Studies Vol: 23 No 4 |
| Standard Number | Transparency |