Overview
Sheds new light on difficulties in accurate field research in Africa
Explores different situations facing researchers in collecting data
Recounts new, exploratory questions regarding how to gather data, what data to gather, and how identity plays a part
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Challenges of conducting research in Africa
- Fieldwork in Africa
- Insights on the pitfalls of field research
- Theoretical contributions to fieldwork in Africa
- Identity politics in fieldwork
- Africa
- Development
- gender politics
- Interviews
- politics
- HIV/AIDS fieldwork
- migrants fieldwork
- field research
- development theory
- development policy
About this book
This edited volume investigates the ethical and emotional challenges of conducting fieldwork in Africa. It reflects on difficulties researchers face such as objectivity, access, gender issues and information risks. Focusing across a wide range of states and themes, the project makes an original contribution and builds upon existing strengths and insights in various disciplines by presenting research-practical insights from contemporary cases of fieldwork. As such, the book is an accessible and useful guide for students and scholars alike.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Lyn Johnstone is Teaching Fellow at Royal Holloway University of London, United Kingdom.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Politics of Conducting Research in Africa
Book Subtitle: Ethical and Emotional Challenges in the Field
Editors: Lyn Johnstone
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95531-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-95530-8Published: 14 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07052-6Published: 28 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-95531-5Published: 29 August 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 217
Topics: African Politics, Comparative Politics, Development Theory, Regional Development, Development Policy