Development fieldwork : a practical guide / edited by Regina Scheyvens.. - 2nd edition - xx, 288 pages ; 24 cm

Previous edition: 2003.

Introduction / Regina Scheyvens and Sharon McLennan -- Part I: Methodology -- Designing development research / Warwick E. Murray and John Overton -- Quantitative research / John Overton and Peter van Diermen -- Qualitative research / Rochelle Stewart-Withers, Glenn Banks, Andrew McGregor and Litea Meo-Sewabu -- Something old, something new : research using archives, texts and virtual data / Sharon McLennan and Gerard Prinsen -- Part II: Preparation for the field -- Practical issues / Maria Borovnik, Helen Leslie and Donovan Storey -- Personal issues / Henry Scheyvens, Regina Scheyvens and Barbara Nowak -- Part III: In the field -- Entering the field / Sharon McLennan, Donovan Storey and Helen Leslie -- Ethical issues / Glenn Banks and Regina Scheyvens -- Working with marginalised, vulnerable or privileged groups / Regina Scheyvens, Henry Scheyvens and Warwick E. Murray -- Part IV: Leaving the field -- Anything to declare? The politics and practicalities of leaving the field / Sara Kindon and Julie Cupples -- Returning to university and writing the field / Julie Cupples and Sara Kindon -- Ways forward / Regina Scheyvens.

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Social sciences--Fieldwork.
Social sciences--Research.
Social sciences--Research--Methodology.
Social sciences--Fieldwork.
Social sciences--Research.
Social sciences--Research--Methodology.
Sciences sociales--Recherche sur le terrain.
Sciences sociales--Méthodologie.
Fältarbete.
Forskningsmetodik.
Samhällsvetenskaplig forskning.
Samhällsvetenskap--forskning--metodik.
U-länder.

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