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Doing international research : global and local methods /

By: Williams, Christopher
Material type: BookPublisher: Los Angeles : Sage Publications Ltd, c2015Description: xxxiii, 305 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781446273494Subject(s): Social sciences -- Research
Summary:
This energetic and thought-provoking book encourages a reflexive, non-nationalistic approach to doing world research and sets out how to understand, plan, do and use this research. Williams introduces a range of frameworks, from desk-based studies and traditional ethnography to the use of internet, satellites, robots, drones and 'big data', and provides exciting, interdisciplinary examples. This book is presented in a clear international style and uses creative approaches to researching peoples, places and world systems. It explains: desk-based research using international data including documentaries, museum objects, archives, data-sets and working with groups such as refugees, tourists and migrants distance research using online videos, surveys and remote methods such as video conferencing and crowdsourcing fieldwork abroad, including ethnography, street observation and mapping. The book is also accompanied by a website, with the following features: For Students Weblinks for each chapter Examples/summaries/templates related to text marked with Additional thinking zones An overview of data capture technologies For Lecturers Copies of all the figures and thinking zones for use in teaching material PowerPoint slides for each chapter Built upon the foundations of the author's 30 years of research experience, and including original case studies from international students, this is an essential guide for anyone in the social sciences using or doing international and global research.
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This energetic and thought-provoking book encourages a reflexive, non-nationalistic approach to doing world research and sets out how to understand, plan, do and use this research. Williams introduces a range of frameworks, from desk-based studies and traditional ethnography to the use of internet, satellites, robots, drones and 'big data', and provides exciting, interdisciplinary examples. This book is presented in a clear international style and uses creative approaches to researching peoples, places and world systems. It explains: desk-based research using international data including documentaries, museum objects, archives, data-sets and working with groups such as refugees, tourists and migrants distance research using online videos, surveys and remote methods such as video conferencing and crowdsourcing fieldwork abroad, including ethnography, street observation and mapping. The book is also accompanied by a website, with the following features: For Students Weblinks for each chapter Examples/summaries/templates related to text marked with Additional thinking zones An overview of data capture technologies For Lecturers Copies of all the figures and thinking zones for use in teaching material PowerPoint slides for each chapter Built upon the foundations of the author's 30 years of research experience, and including original case studies from international students, this is an essential guide for anyone in the social sciences using or doing international and global research.

PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING WORLD RESEARCH Chapter 1: Understanding world knowledge Chapter 2: Theories and concepts in world research Chapter 3: Searching and Reviewing world literature PART TWO: PLANNING THE STUDY Chapter 4: Research design and logistics Chapter 5: Research ethics and integrity Chapter 6: Choosing research frameworks PART THREE: DOING THE RESEARCH Chapter 7: Data management Chapter 8: Researching people Chapter 9: Researching populations Chapter 10: Researching places Chapter 11: Mapping places Chapter 12: Analysing world systems Chapter 13: Analysing official documents PART FOUR: USING THE FINDINGS Chapter 14: Further analysis Chapter 15: Reporting the research.

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