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Participant observation and the political scientist: possibilities, priorities, and practicalities / Gillespie, Andra; Michelson, Melissa R

Gillespie, Andra	Journal Article
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Surveys, experiments, large-N datasets and formal models are common instruments in the political scientist's toolkit. In-depth interviews and focus groups play a critical role in helping scholars answer important political questions. In contrast, participant observation techniques are an underused methodological approach. In this article, we argue that participant observation techniques have played and should continue to play a key role in advancing our understanding of political science. After demonstrating the use of these techniques, we offer readers advice for embarking upon participant observation research and explain how this approach should fit into a scholar's long-term career plans.

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Priorities ; Political Scientist ; Participant Observation ; Possibilities ; Practicalities

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Teaching the transnationalization of politics: participant observation of public events / Eimer , Thomas R; Kranke , Matthias

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Most university courses on transnationalization encourage students to learn about the facets of the phenomenon only from selected readings. This article suggests using participant observation of public events as a complementary didactic means to reduce students' experiential distance from transnational politics. In a master-level course at the Freie Universität Berlin in the 2011 Summer term, our students undertook one day of fieldwork in the German capital on May 1, the International Workers' Day. The unusual design of our course allowed them to relate cognitive insights into transnationalization to affective, though methodologically informed, field experiences. There is thus significant didactic potential in designing courses with opportunities for experiential learning in the field.

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Teaching ; Fieldwork ; Participant Observation ; Transnationalization ; Experiential Learning

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What the documents can’t tell you : participant observation in international relations / Kang, Susan

Kang, Susan	Journal Article
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Participant Observation ; International Relations

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