| Description |
xi, 324 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1 The raison d'etre of doing development research -- 2 Doing fieldwork in developing countries : planning and logistics / Tony Binns -- 3 Ethical practices in doing development research / Lynne Brydon -- 4 Working in different cultures : issues of race, ethnicity and identity / Caesar R. A. Apentiik and Jane L. Parpart -- 5 Women, men and fieldwork : gender relations and power structures / Janet Henshall Momsen -- 6 Working with children in development / Lorraine van Blerk -- 7 Collecting sensitive and contentious information / Margaret E. Harrison -- 8 Dealing with conflicts and emergency situations / Morten Boas, Kathleen M. Jennings and Timothy M. Shaw -- 9 Working with partners : educational institutions / Bill Gould -- 10 Working with partners : government ministries / Mansoor Ali and Andrew Cotton -- 11 Working with partners : NGOs and CBOs / Claire Mercer -- 12 Doing development research 'at home' / Tim Unwin -- 13 Quantitative, qualitative or participatory? : which method, for what and when? / Linda Mayoux -- 14 Field surveys and inventories / David Barker -- 15 Interviewing / Katie Willis -- 16 Focus groups / Sally Lloyd-Evans -- 17 Your questions answered? : conducting questionnaire surveys / David Simon -- 18 Lost in translation? : the use of interpreters in fieldwork / Janet Bujra -- 19 Ethnography and participant observation / Jan Kees van Donge -- 20 Participatory methods and approaches : tackling the two tyrannies / Harriot Beazley and Judith Ennew -- 21 Diaries and case studies / JoAnn McGregor -- 22 Literature reviews and bibliographic searches / Paula Meth and Glyn Williams -- 23 Using indigenous local knowledge and literature / Cathy McIlwaine -- 24 Using images, films and photography / Cheryl McEwan -- 25 Using archives / Michael Jennings -- 26 Remote sensing, GIS and ground truthing / Dennis Conway and Shanon Donnelly -- 27 The importance of census and other secondary data in development studies / Allan M. Findlay -- 28 Using the World Wide Web for development research / Emma Mawdsley -- 29 Data from international agencies / Jonathan Rigg -- 30 Writing an effective research report or dissertation / Stephen Morse -- 31 How is research communicated professionally? / Sally Gainsbury and Cheryl Brown |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Action research.
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| SUBJECT |
Developing countries -- Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85037344 -- Research.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006576
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Developing countries -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117507 -- Research. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006576
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Developing countries -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102163 -- Research. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006576
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| Author |
Desai, Vandana, 1965-
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Potter, Robert B.
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| ISBN |
1412902843 hardback |
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1412902851 paperback |
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