Fieldwork in transforming societies : understanding methodology from experience / edited by Ed Clark and Snejina Michailova.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clark, Ed (Edward David)

Michailova, Snejina, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Research--Europe, Eastern.

Social sciences.

Social sciences--Research--Europe, Central.

Social sciences--Fieldwork--Case studies.

Post-communism--Europe, Eastern--Case studies.

Post-communism.

Post-communism--Europe, Central--Case studies.

Social sciences--Fieldwork.

Social sciences--Research.

Central Europe.

Eastern Europe.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

x, 196 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.

Contents:

1 Doing Research in Transforming Contexts: Themes and Challenges / Snejina Michailova, Ed Clark 1

2 Identities, Roles and Qualitative Research in Central and Eastern Europe / Thomas Steger 19

3 Who is Observing Whom? Fieldwork Roles and Ambiguities in Organisational Case Study Research / Anna Soulsby 39

4 Uncovering the Communist and Capitalist Shadow: Developing Relational Forms of Inquiry and Writing / Katalin Illes, Bronwen Rees 57

5 Constructing Enterprise Level Knowledge: Exploratory Methods and Transforming Contexts / Anne Lorentzen 78

6 Researching Organisations in Hungary: Practical Experience and Methodological Reflections / Karoly Balaton 97

7 Transformation Research in East Germany: Institutions, Knowledge and Power / Ramona Alt, Rainhart Lang 114

8 Behind the Bamboo Curtain: Problems and Pitfalls in Researching Australian Expatriates in China / Kate Hutchings 136

9 Fieldwork in a Low-Trust (Post-)Communist Society / Matti Nojonen 157.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-190) and index.

ISBN:

1403904286

OCLC:

53992880