Doing development research/

Doing development research/ edited by Vandana Desai and Robert B. Potter. - London ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE, 2006. - xi, 324 p. Ill. : 25 cm.

1 The Raison d'§tre of Doing Development Research
PART II STRATEGIC ISSUES IN PLANNING SOUND RESEARCH
2 Doing Fleldwork in Developing Countries: Planning
and Logistics
Tony Binns
3 Ethical Practices in Doing Development Research
Lynns Brydon
4 Working in Ditterent Cultures: Issues ot Race,
Ethnicity and Identity
Caesar R.A. Apentiik and Jane L Parpart
5 Women, Men and Fieldwork: Gender Reiations 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 Deaiing with Conflicts and Emergency Situations
Morten Baas, Kattiieen M. Jennings and Timothy M. Shaw
9 Working with Partners: Educational Institutions
Biii Gouid
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
PART lit :;;fdrmation and data collection methods
(i) METHODS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH AND ASSOCIATED FORMS OF ANALYSIS
13 Quantitative, Qualitative or Participatory? Which Method,
for What and When?
Linda Mayoux
14 Field Surveys and Inventories
David Barker
15 Interviewing
Katie Wiiiis
16 Focus Groups
. Saiiy Lioyd-Evans
17 Your Questions Answered? Conducting Questionnaire Surveys
David Simon
18 Lost in Translation? The Use of Interpreters in Fieidwork
Janet Bujra
19 Ethnography and Participant Qhservation
Jan Kees van Donge
20 Participatory Methods and Approaches: Tackling the Two Tyrannies
Harriot Beaziey and Judith Ennew
21 Diaries and Case Studies
JoAnn McGregor
(ii) USING EXISTING KNOWLEDGE AND RECORDS
22 Literature Reviews and Bibliographic Searches
Pauia Meth and Glyn Wiliiams
23 Using Indigenous Local Knowledge and Literature
Cathy Mciiwaine
24 Using Images, Films and Photography
Cheryl McEwan
25 Using Archives
MichaelJennings
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
(ill) DISSEMINATING FINDINGS/RESEARCH
30 Writing an Effective Research Report or Dissertation
Stephen Morse
31 How is Research Communicated Professionally?
Sally Galnsbury and Cheryl Brown1 The Raison d'§tre of Doing Development Research
PART II STRATEGIC ISSUES IN PLANNING SOUND RESEARCH
2 Doing Fleldwork in Developing Countries: Planning
and Logistics
Tony Binns
3 Ethical Practices in Doing Development Research
Lynns Brydon
4 Working in Ditterent Cultures: Issues ot Race,
Ethnicity and Identity
Caesar R.A. Apentiik and Jane L Parpart
5 Women, Men and Fieldwork: Gender Reiations 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 Deaiing with Conflicts and Emergency Situations
Morten Baas, Kattiieen M. Jennings and Timothy M. Shaw
9 Working with Partners: Educational Institutions
Biii Gouid
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
PART lit :;;fdrmation and data collection methods
(i) METHODS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH AND ASSOCIATED FORMS OF ANALYSIS
13 Quantitative, Qualitative or Participatory? Which Method,
for What and When?
Linda Mayoux
14 Field Surveys and Inventories
David Barker
15 Interviewing
Katie Wiiiis
16 Focus Groups
. Saiiy Lioyd-Evans
17 Your Questions Answered? Conducting Questionnaire Surveys
David Simon
18 Lost in Translation? The Use of Interpreters in Fieidwork
Janet Bujra
19 Ethnography and Participant Qhservation
Jan Kees van Donge
20 Participatory Methods and Approaches: Tackling the Two Tyrannies
Harriot Beaziey and Judith Ennew
21 Diaries and Case Studies
JoAnn McGregor
(ii) USING EXISTING KNOWLEDGE AND RECORDS
22 Literature Reviews and Bibliographic Searches
Pauia Meth and Glyn Wiliiams
23 Using Indigenous Local Knowledge and Literature
Cathy Mciiwaine
24 Using Images, Films and Photography
Cheryl McEwan
25 Using Archives
MichaelJennings
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
(ill) DISSEMINATING FINDINGS/RESEARCH
30 Writing an Effective Research Report or Dissertation
Stephen Morse
31 How is Research Communicated Professionally?
Sally Galnsbury and Cheryl Brown

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Action research.


Developing Countries--Economic conditions--Research.
Developing Countries--Social conditions--Research.
Developing countries--Politics and government--Research.

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