Critical methods in political and cultural economy / edited by Johnna Montgomerie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Montgomerie, Johnna, editor.

Series:

RIPE series in global political economy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations--Research--Methodology.

International relations.

Political science--Research--Methodology.

Political science.

Political science--Research.

International relations--Research.

Physical Description:

xiii, 167 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Summary:

Critical Methods in Political and Cultural Economy offers students and scholars the first methods book for the critical school of International Political Economy (IPE). What does it mean to 'do' critical research? How do we write about the evidence we present? This volume explores our shared critical ethic to demonstrate how methods are transformative and reimagines research strategies as both an embodied practice and a social process. By presenting methodologically informed ways of researching, enriched by real-life accounts from academics doing empirical research, the volume seeks to forge a new collaborative path that builds a critical ethic and modes of inquiry within International Political Economy. Substantive chapters advance the pluralism of the critical school of cultural political economy and seek to articulate its nascent research ethic. Short autobiographical vignettes articulate the professional journeys of contributors who 'do' critical political economy. There is practical advice on how to develop evidence from an iterative reflexive research strategy. Using this innovative format offers a guide to methods in critical political economy by engaging directly with the people doing research, not only as technical practice but also as lived experience. The combination of research and practice presented throughout the book offers an extensive and authoritative framework for evaluating how methods are part of critical research and will be essential reading for all students and scholars of IPE. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Reimagining critical methods / Johnna Montgomerie Montgomerie, Johnna 1

Autobiographical vignettes:

Self-reflections on 'the methods question' in feminist IR/IPE / Anne Sisson Runyau Runyau, Anne Sisson 16

Tea and text: cultivated intuition as methodological process / Naeem Inayatullah Inayatullah, Naeem, David Blaney Blaney, David 23

Norms, political economy and serendipity: thinking pragmatically about IPE / Christopher May May, Christopher 28

2 Forging new paths in the critical school / Johnna Montgomerie Montgomerie, Johnna 33

Autobiographical vignettes: Redemptive political economy / Robbie Shilliam Shilliam, Robbie 51

Investigating those you love: labor and global governance / Dimitris Stevis Stevis, Dimitris 58

Discourse, nature and critical political economy:American environmentalists debate immigration / John Hultgren Hultgren, John 64

3 Developing a language of methods within the critical school / Johnna Montgomerie Montgomerie, Johnna 70

Autobiographical vignettes: Agility, intersectionality and deliberation: my path to an adaptive and transformative research process / Kia M. Q. Hall Hall, Kia M. Q. 83

(Dis)embodied methodology in International Political Economy / Nicola Smith Smith, Nicola 89

Critical methodology and the problem of history / Samuel Knafo Knafo, Samuel 94

4 Iterative reflexive research strategy / Johnna Montgomerie Montgomerie, Johnna 100

Autobiographical vignettes: Doing research in the shadows of the global political economy / Nicola Phillips Phillips, Nicola 115

Reflections on the archive as a critical resource / Chris Rogers Rogers, Chris 121

Qualitative research practices and critical political economy / Ian Bruff Bruff, Ian 125

5 On evidence and corroboration / Johnna Montgomerie Montgomerie, Johnna 129

Autobiographical vignettes: Everyday economic narratives / Liam Stanley Stanley, Liam 141

Social network analysis and critical political economy / Matthew Paterson Paterson, Matthew 146

Conclusion / Johnna Montgomerie Montgomerie, Johnna 154.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138934269

1138934267

9781138934276

1138934275

OCLC:

968345816