Title:
Understanding peace research : methods and challenges
Author:
Oberg, Magnus.
ISBN:
9780415571975
9780415571982
9780203828557
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
London : Routledge, 2011.
Physical Description:
[xii], 224 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
General Note:
Formerly CIP.
Contents:
pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Evaluating information -- pt. 3. The practice of information gathering -- pt. 4. Conclusions.
Abstract:
part I. Introduction.--1. Doing Empirical Peace Research/ Kristine Hoglund and Magnus Oberg.--2. The Origins of Conemporary Peace Research/ Peter Wallensteen.--Part II. Evaluating Information.--3. Peace Research and Source Criticism: Using historical methodolgy to improve information gathering and analysis/ Tomislav Dulic.--4. Gathering Conflict Information using News Resources/ Magnus Oberg and Margareta Sollenberg.--5. News Reports versus Written Narratives: Collecting information using different types of empirical sources/Frida Moller.--Part III The Practice of Information Gathering.--6. Systematic Data Collection: Experiences from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program/ Ralph Sundberg and Lotta Harbom.--7. Comparative Field Research in War-torn Societies/ Kristine Hoglund.--8. In-depth Interviewing: The process, skill and ethics of interviews in peace research/ Karen Brouneus.--9. Focus Groups: Safety in numbers?.--10. Survey Reseach in Conflict and Post-conflct Societies/ Kristine Eck.-- Part IV. Conclusions.-- 11. Improving Information Gathering and Evaluation/ Kristine Hoglund and Magnus Oberg.