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Resources and Applied Methods in International RelationsInterviews in International Relations

Resources and Applied Methods in International Relations: Interviews in International Relations [An interview is a social relationship involving the researcher in an immediate and interpersonal rapport with an individual who becomes both an object of research and an interacting subject. While the methodology of international relations (IR) interviewing borrows techniques traditionally used in political science and sociology, it also involves a number of structural constraints. The latter may pertain to the relationship between the researcher and her interviewees (often marked by asymmetry in elitist settings), the types of subjects they address (frequently characterized by an imperative of discretion or even secrecy) or the location and material conditions of the interviews (which may take place in imposing institutional settings and involve the use of foreign languages). The methodological, practical and reflexive tools introduced in this chapter are designed to help aspiring researchers to identify and get access to relevant respondents. They will facilitate their handling of situations which may otherwise interfere with interview relationships and thus with research results. The chapter also provides a reflection on the ethics of interviewing and on the uses of interviews in IR research.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Resources and Applied Methods in International RelationsInterviews in International Relations

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018. The book is a translation from the French. Presses de Sciences Po, Paris, 2016. Méthodes de recherche en Relations Internationales.
ISBN
978-3-319-61978-1
Pages
109 –122
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-61979-8_8
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[An interview is a social relationship involving the researcher in an immediate and interpersonal rapport with an individual who becomes both an object of research and an interacting subject. While the methodology of international relations (IR) interviewing borrows techniques traditionally used in political science and sociology, it also involves a number of structural constraints. The latter may pertain to the relationship between the researcher and her interviewees (often marked by asymmetry in elitist settings), the types of subjects they address (frequently characterized by an imperative of discretion or even secrecy) or the location and material conditions of the interviews (which may take place in imposing institutional settings and involve the use of foreign languages). The methodological, practical and reflexive tools introduced in this chapter are designed to help aspiring researchers to identify and get access to relevant respondents. They will facilitate their handling of situations which may otherwise interfere with interview relationships and thus with research results. The chapter also provides a reflection on the ethics of interviewing and on the uses of interviews in IR research.]

Published: Oct 21, 2017

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