Doing Fieldwork in Centres of Power (Hardcover)

Jonathan Chibois

ISBN 10: 1032372400 / ISBN 13: 9781032372402

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd, London, 2025

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Hardcover. This book considers the challenges posed by fieldwork in centres of power to researchers in the social sciences, with a focus on deliberative assemblies. It includes work by an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars united around a common interest in producing complementary knowledge about todays political institutions based on qualitative approaches. The chapters feature various case studies on specific issues that arose from the authors fieldwork, as well as broader theoretical syntheses. The contributors offer some practical tools and solutions for others who would like to engage in this type of research, given the difficulties and complexities of doing fieldwork in centres of power and the lack of methodological resources currently available. The volume is valuable reading for anthropologists, sociologists, political scientists and others with an interest in the ethnography of politics. This book considers the challenges posed by fieldwork in centres of power to researchers in the social sciences, with a focus on deliberative assemblies. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Doing Fieldwork in Centres of Power (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032372400
• ISBN 13: 9781032372402
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This book considers the challenges posed by fieldwork in centres of power to researchers in the social sciences, with a focus on deliberative assemblies. It includes work by an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars united around a common interest in producing complementary knowledge about today’s political institutions based on qualitative approaches. The chapters feature various case studies on specific issues that arose from the authors’ fieldwork, as well as broader theoretical syntheses. The contributors offer some practical tools and solutions for others who would like to engage in this type of research, given the difficulties and complexities of doing fieldwork in centres of power and the lack of methodological resources currently available. The volume is valuable reading for anthropologists, sociologists, political scientists and others with an interest in the ethnography of politics.

About the Author

Jonathan Chibois is an assistant researcher in political anthropology at the Laboratory of Political Anthropology (LAP). He holds a PhD from the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) in Paris.

Samuel Shapiro is a PhD candidate in anthropology at Université Laval in Canada.