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oapen-20.500.12657-640382023-07-21T02:45:31Z International Organizations and Research Methods Badache, Fanny Kimber, Leah R. Maertens, Lucile international organizations, inter-governmental organizations, methods, methodology, united nations, research, data, empirical research, fieldwork, research question, research design, qualitative methods, quantitative methods, mixed-methods, reflexivity, observation, interviews, statistics, document analysis, text analysis, voting analysis, archives bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBC Social research & statistics bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPS International relations::JPSN International institutions bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPW Political activism::JPWH Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) Scholars have studied international organizations (IOs) in many disciplines, thus generating important theoretical developments. Yet a proper assessment and a broad discussion of the methods used to research these organizations are lacking. Which methods are being used to study IOs and in what ways? Do we need a specific methodology applied to the case of IOs? What are the concrete methodological challenges when doing research on IOs? International Organizations and Research Methods: An Introduction compiles an inventory of the methods developed in the study of IOs under the five headings of Observing, Interviewing, Documenting, Measuring, and Combining. It does not reconcile diverging views on the purpose and meaning of IO scholarship, but creates a space for scholars and students embedded in different academic traditions to reflect on methodological choices and the way they impact knowledge production on IOs. 2023-07-20T12:27:03Z 2023-07-20T12:27:03Z 2023 book 9780472076222 9780472056224 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/64038 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International 9780472903542.pdf University of Michigan Press 10.3998/mpub.11685289 10.3998/mpub.11685289 e07ce9b5-7a46-4096-8f0c-bc1920e3d889 9780472076222 9780472056224 410 open access
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Scholars have studied international organizations (IOs) in many disciplines, thus generating important theoretical developments. Yet a proper assessment and a broad discussion of the methods used to research these organizations are lacking. Which methods are being used to study IOs and in what ways? Do we need a specific methodology applied to the case of IOs? What are the concrete methodological challenges when doing research on IOs? International Organizations and Research Methods: An Introduction compiles an inventory of the methods developed in the study of IOs under the five headings of Observing, Interviewing, Documenting, Measuring, and Combining. It does not reconcile diverging views on the purpose and meaning of IO scholarship, but creates a space for scholars and students embedded in different academic traditions to reflect on methodological choices and the way they impact knowledge production on IOs.
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