Doing Development ResearchVandana Desai, Rob Potter Doing Development Research is a comprehensive introduction to research in development studies that provides thorough training for anyone carrying out research in developing countries. It brings together experts with extensive experience of overseas research, presenting an interdisciplinary guide to the core methodologies. Informed by years of research experience, this book draws together many strands of action research and participatory methods, demonstrating their diverse applications and showing how they interrelate. Doing Development Research is the essential A-Z of development research. |
Contents
List of Contributors | 1921 |
Preface | 1923 |
Introduction | 1926 |
Chapter 1 The Raison detre of Doing Development Research | 1928 |
Strategic Issues in Planninng Sound Research | 1936 |
Planning and Logistics | 1938 |
Chapter 3 Ethical Practices in Doing Development Research | 1950 |
Issues of Race Ethnicity and Identity | 1959 |
Chapter 16 Focus Groups | 1990 |
Chapter 17 Your Questions Answered? Conducting Questionnaire Surveys | 1999 |
Chapter 18 Lost in Translation? The Use of Interpreters in Fieldwork | 1967 |
Chapter 19 Ethnography and Participant Observation | 1975 |
Tackling the Two Tyrannies | 1984 |
Chapter 21 Diaries and Case Studies | 1995 |
Information and Data Collection Methods ii Using Existing Knowledge and Records | 2001 |
Chapter 22 Literature Reviews and Bibliographic Searches | 2001 |
Gender RElations and Power Structures | 1969 |
Chapter 6 Working with Children in Development | 1977 |
Chapter 7 Collecting Sensitive and Contentious Information | 1987 |
Chapter 8 Dealing with Conflicts and Emergency Situations | 1995 |
Educational Institutions | 1971 |
Government Ministries | 1979 |
NGOs and CBOs | 1986 |
Chapter 12 Doing Development Research at Home | 1996 |
Information and Data Collection Methods i Methods of Social Research and Associated Forms of Analysis | 1972 |
Chapter 13 Quantitative Qualitative or Participatory? Which Method for What and When? | 1974 |
Chapter 14 Field Surveys and Inventories | 1989 |
Chapter 15 Interviewing | 1981 |
Chapter 23 Using Indigenous Local Knowledge and Literature | 2002 |
Chapter 24 Using Images Films and Photography | |
Chapter 25 Using Archives | |
Chapter 26 Remote Sensing GIS and Ground Truthing | |
Chapter 27 The Importance of Census and Other Secondary Data in Development Studies | |
Chapter 28 Using the World Wide Web for Development Research | |
Chapter 29 Data from International Agencies | |
Information and Data Collection Methods iii Disseminating FindingsResearch | |
Chapter 30 Writing an Effective Research Report or Dissertation | |
Chapter 31 How is Research Communicated Professionally? | |
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Research Skills for Policy and Development: How to Find Out Fast Alan Thomas,Giles Mohan Limited preview - 2007 |
Research Skills for Policy and Development: How to Find Out Fast Alan Thomas,Giles Mohan Limited preview - 2007 |