The art and craft of comparison
John Boswell, Jack Corbett, R. A. W. Rhodes.
Bok Engelsk 2019 · Electronic books.
| Medvirkende | Corbett, Jack, (author.)
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| Utgitt | Cambridge University Press
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (167 pages) : : digital, PDF file(s).
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Oct 2019).. - Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Comparative Intuition -- The Comparative Intuition -- Interpretation and Comparative Intuition -- Not Anything Goes -- Structure of the Book -- How to Use this Book -- 2 Interpretation -- Naturalism and Humanism -- Decentring -- Situated Agency -- Plausible Conjectures -- Intersubjective Objectivity -- Conclusion -- 3 Dilemmas -- The Village Bus -- The Island Boat -- What Are Dilemmas? -- How Does a Focus on Dilemmas Enable Comparison in Practice? -- How Do We Identify and Explore Dilemmas in Practice? -- Rule 1: Develop an Initial 'Roadmap' of Potential Dilemmas -- Rule 2: But Be Prepared to Toss the Map Aside -- Rule 3: Uncover Local Formulations of Dilemmas -- Rule 4: But 'Own' Your Interpretation -- Rule #5: Embrace Empathy and Intuition -- Rule #6: But Ally Empathy with Humility -- Rule 7: Scout Creative Possibilities for Comparison Across Contexts -- Rule 8: But Establish the Limits of Your Comparison -- Conclusion -- 4 Design -- Case Selection Strategies for Comparative Interpretive Research -- Before Data Collection -- Rule #1: Choose Intrinsically Interesting Cases -- Rule #2: Make Your Normative Preferences Explicit -- Rule #3: Pragmatically Consider Logistics and Audience(s) -- During Data Collection -- Rule #4: Embrace the Creative Intuition -- Rule #5: Follow Where You Are Led -- and Take What You Can Get -- After Data Collection -- Rule #6: Remember the Project Never 'Ends' -- Rule #7: Collaborate to Increase the Number of Cases -- Conclusion -- 5 Fieldwork -- Seeing the Wood through the Trees -- The Rules of Thumb for Fieldwork -- Rule #1: Be Pragmatic and Opportunistic -- Rule #2: Start Writing Straight Away -- Rule #3: Yo-yo In and Out of Field Sites.. - Index.. - Rule #4: Make Interviews Everyday Conversations -- Choose and Play Your Parts in Them Purposefully -- Rule #5: Expose Findings to a Broad Array of Voices and Search for a Fusion of Horizons -- Rule #6: Collaborate When You Can -- Rule #7: Learn How to Muddle Through -- Conclusion -- 6 Analysis -- Impressionistic Analysis -- Rules of Thumb for Analysis -- Rule #1: Analyse in the Moment -- Rule #2: Analyse through Writing -- Rule #3: Analysis Is Never Finished -- Rule #4: Use Tools of the Trade as Shortcuts (Not Answers) -- Rule #5: Embrace the Grind -- Rule #6: Be Open to Other Interpretations -- Rule #7: Explore Contradictions -- Rule #8: Think Analyses, Not Analysis -- Conclusion -- 7 The Craft of Writing -- The Dilemmas of Writing-Up Comparative Interpretive Research -- The Dilemma of Structure: Contextual versus Thematic -- The Dilemma of Style: Evocative versus Linear -- The Dilemma of Substance: Depth versus Breadth -- Addressing the Dilemma of Structure -- Rule #1: Don't Wait for the Muse to Arrive -- Rule #2: Use Writing as a Form of Thinking -- Rule #3: Stylise Your Findings -- Addressing the Dilemma of Style -- Rule #4: Be Both Linear and Evocative -- Rule #5: Experiment with Form and Genre -- Rule #6: Be Flexible in How You Talk about Your Work -- Rule #7: Practice the Art of Translation -- The Dilemma of Substance -- Rule #8: Hustle and Recycle -- Rule #9: Share Your Work Early and Widely -- Rule #10: Seek Input from the Field -- Conclusion -- 8 Retrospective -- The Dilemma of Different Audiences -- The Dilemma of Who We Are -- The Dilemma of Dilemmas -- The Dilemma of Selection -- The Comparative Interpretive Toolkit -- Comparative Intuition -- Big-C/Pro-C Creativity -- Kaleidoscope -- Big-D/Small-d Dilemmas -- Puzzling -- Wood through the Trees -- Yo-yo Fieldwork -- Impressionistic Analysis -- Evocative Writing -- Envoi -- References.. - Is it possible to compare French presidential politics with village leadership in rural India? Most social scientists are united in thinking such unlikely juxtapositions are not feasible. Boswell, Corbett and Rhodes argue that they are possible. This book explains why and how. It is a call to arms for interpretivists to embrace creatively comparative work. As well as explaining, defending and illustrating the comparative interpretive approach, this book is also an engaging, hands-on guide to doing comparative interpretive research, with chapters covering design, fieldwork, analysis and writing. The advice in each revolves around 'rules of thumb', grounded in experience, and illustrated through stories and examples from the authors' research in different contexts around the world. Naturalist and humanist traditions have thus far dominated the field but this book presents a real alternative to these two orthodoxies which expands the horizons of comparative analysis in social science research.
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| ISBN | 1-108-56156-X
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