Кто читает:: Департамент политологии и международных отношений

Статус:: Курс обязательный

Когда читается:: 2-й курс, 1, 2 модуль

Преподаватели

Корнеев Олег Владимирович

Кулева Маргарита Игоревна

Full Syllabus

Abstract

This course familiarizes students with methodological issues raised by interpretation in political science scholarship and provides them with an introduction to the use of qualitative methods for analysis of political phenomena. The course encourages students to reflect on how they conceptualise, design and analyse the political world. This involves exploring the relationship between theory and empirical research with particular emphasis on the collection and analysis of qualitative data (namely, the techniques of participant observation, in-depth interview, digital ethnography). The course explores ethnographic methodologies and various interpretive approaches used in works from fields such as politics, public policy, International Relations, global governance studies and (critical) development studies. It also considers practical methodological strategies that will aid students to design their own research with a proper fit between research questions and methods.

Learning Objectives

To introduce students to methodological issues raised by interpretation in political science scholarship and to provide them with a toolbox for the use of qualitative methods for analysis of political phenomena

Expected Learning Outcomes

is familiar with methodological issues raised by interpretation in political science scholarship
knows how interpretive approaches have been used in politics, public policy, International Relations, global governance studies and (critical) development studies
reflects on how she conceptualises, designs and analyses the political world
is able to use qualitative methods for analysis of political phenomena
is able to use the techniques of participant observation, in-depth interview, digital ethnography
is able to design her own research with a proper fit between research questions and methods

Course Contents

Introduction to Qualitative Methodology
(Self)ethnography. Participant observation
Qualitative interview: data collection
Qualitative interview: coding and analysis
Focus-groups
Visual methods
Digital ethnography
Interpretive turn and political ethnography (I)
Interpretive turn and political ethnography (II)
Ethnography and interpretive analysis in IR
Discourse analysis in IR
Practice turn and practice tracing in IR (I)
Practice turn and practice tracing in IR (II)

Assessment Elements

Class assignment: first module
Every assignment includes take-home element (half of the grade) and in-class participation i.e. group presentation (another half of the grade for that particular assignment).
Class assignment: first module
Every assignment includes take-home element (half of the grade) and in-class participation i.e. group presentation (another half of the grade for that particular assignment).
Class assignment: first module
Every assignment includes take-home element (half of the grade) and in-class participation i.e. group presentation (another half of the grade for that particular assignment).
In-class participation: second module
Assessment will be based on attendance, preparation of readings, participation in class discussion with the focus on qualitative contribution to the discussion, ability to answer questions based on the readings, come up with own interpretations and react to comments made by other students.
Presentation: second module
Each tutorial (starting from the week 8) will commence by a presentation prepared by a group of students (5-6 students per group). By the lecture 8, students should propose for approval by the instructor (via email): 1) composition of their groups; 2) topics for their presentations chosen from the topics/readings for the tutorials. These presentations will function as basis for further class discussion. Therefore, presenters are supposed to cover mandatory and optional readings and, preferably, use other non-assigned sources for their analysis on the chosen topic in order to make a genuinely original contribution.
Book Methods Review paper: second module
Your main individual assignment is to read a recent book in political science or International Relations and comment on its research framework and methods. Choose one of the books from the list below and write a paper that analyses its research objectives and methods and that presents your reflections on the connections between the two. The paper (approximately 1000-1500 words) is due by the tutorial session 11. Sign up for book methods review paper (indicating the title of the book you would like to review): by email by the lecture session 9.The list of books for the book methods review paper (please select one for your analysis): Cerwonka, A. (2004) Native to the Nation: Disciplining Landscapes and Bodies in Australia. University of Minnesota Press. Mosse, D. (2005) Cultivating Development: An Ethnography of Aid Policy and Practice. London / Ann Arbor, MI.: Pluto Press. Neumann, I.B. (2012) At Home with the Diplomats: Inside a European Foreign Ministry. Cornell University Press. Reeves, M. (2014) Border Work: Spatial Lives of the State in Rural Central Asia. Cornell University Press. Wedeen, L. (2008) Peripheral Visions: Publics, Power, and Performance in Yemen. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Interim Assessment

Interim assessment (2 module)
0.2 * Book Methods Review paper: second module + 0.15 * Class assignment: first module + 0.15 * Class assignment: first module + 0.2 * Class assignment: first module + 0.15 * In-class participation: second module + 0.15 * Presentation: second module

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Bliesemann de Guevara, B. (2016). Myth and Narrative in International Politics : Interpretive Approaches to the Study of IR. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1243387
Bueger, C. (2014). Pathways to practice: praxiography and international politics. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.211AEF35
Friedrichs, J., & Kratochwil, F. (2009). On Acting and Knowing: How Pragmatism Can Advance International Relations Research and Methodology. International Organization, (04), 701. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.a.cup.intorg.v63y2009i04p701.731.99
Interpretation and method: Empirical research methods and the interpretive turn, 2nd ed. (2014). M.E. Sharpe. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsnar&AN=edsnar.oai.library.wur.nl.wurpubs.449341
Klotz, A. (2007). Strategies for research in constructivist international relations / by Audie Klotz and Cecelia M. Lynch. Armonk, N. Y. [u.a.]: M.E. Sharpe. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.266026311
Leavy, P. (2014). The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=779511
Pouliot, V. (2008). The Logic of Practicality: A Theory of Practice of Security Communities. International Organization, (02), 257. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.a.cup.intorg.v62y2008i02p257.288.08
Schwartz-Shea, P., & Yanow, D. (2006). Interpretation and Method : Empirical Research Methods and the Interpretive Turn. Armonk, N.Y.: ME Sharpe, Inc. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=199779
Taylor, S. J., DeVault, M. L., & Bogdan, R. (2016). Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods : A Guidebook and Resource (Vol. 4th edition). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1061324
Vrasti, W. (2008). The Strange Case of Ethnography and International Relations. Conference Papers —— International Studies Association, 1–49. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=poh&AN=42975878

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Brinkmann, S. (2013). Qualitative Interviewing. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=603936
Bueger, C., & Gadinger, F. (2018). International Practice Theory (Vol. Second edition). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1737002
Cerwonka, A. (2004). Native to the Nation : Disciplining Landscapes and Bodies in Australia. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=172850
Durnová, A., Orsini, M., Fischer, F., & Torgerson, D. (2015). Handbook of Critical Policy Studies. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1136498
Mosse, D. (2005). Cultivating Development : An Ethnography of Aid Policy and Practice. London: Pluto Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=167913
Neumann, C. B. (2018). Power, Culture and Situated Research Methodology Autobiography, Field, Text by Cecilie Basberg Neumann, Iver B. Neumann. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.491759193
Neumann, I. B. (2012). At Home with the Diplomats : Inside a European Foreign Ministry. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=671551
Power in Practice:Negotiating the International Intervention in Libya. (2014). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.E8949747
Reeves, M. (2014). Border Work : Spatial Lives of the State in Rural Central Asia. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=671306
Wedeen, L. (2008). Peripheral Visions : Publics, Power, and Performance in Yemen. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=285096

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