Researching non-state actors in international security: theory and practice
In: Routledge critical security studies series
In: Routledge critical security studies series
In: Routledge critical security studies series
In: Routledge critical security studies series
In: Routledge Critical Security Studies
In: Routledge critical security studies
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Preface and acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: researching non-state actors in international security - a multitude of challenges, a plurality of approaches -- 2 Conceptualizing political violence of non-state actors in international security research -- PART I: Interpreting texts -- 3 Rebels without a cause: narrative analysis as a method for research on rebel movements -- 4 PMSCs and Twitter: sentiment analysis as a tool for evaluating social media data -- 5 Semi-structured interviews with non-state and security actors -- 6 Combining semi-structured interviews and document analysis in a study of private security expertise -- 7 Discussion chapter: comments on 'interpreting texts' -- PART II: Establishing causal claims -- 8 (Comparative) case studies: combining case study techniques for the causal analysis of security privatization -- 9 Qualitative comparative analysis and the study of non-state actors -- 10 Geospatial analyses of non-state actors in violent conflicts -- 11 Discussion chapter: shadow boxing in Plato's cave: assessing causal claims -- PART III: Doing fieldwork -- 12 An ethnographic approach to non-state security: participant observation among private security officers -- 13 Using experimental methods in post-conflict countries to understand the effects of gender reforms in the Liberian National Police -- 14 Empirical assessment of (policy) effectiveness: the role of business in zones of conflict -- 15 Discussion chapter: practising reflexivity in field research -- Conclusions and perspectives for researching non-state actors in international security -- 16 From cookbooks to encyclopaedias in the making: methodological perspectives for research of non-state actors and processes -- Index
Non-state actors (International relations), Research, Security, International, Case Studies, Case studies, Nichtstaatlicher Akteur, Sicherheitspolitik, Internationale Politik, Methode, Methods, Reform, Reforms
Englisch
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
xvii, 252 Seiten
First issued in paperback
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