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Power, Ethics, and Human Rights
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Description for Power, Ethics, and Human Rights
Paperback. An investigation of complexities that arise as ethnographers work with refugees. It explores issues surrounding power and disempowerment between researcher and subject; the protection of research informants; and the rights/actions of refugees in representing themselves and their cultures. Editor(s): Krulfeld, Ruth M.; MacDonald, Jeffery L. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFD; JHM; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
Refugees experience some of the most visible manifestations of human rights abuses in the world today—and raise difficult issues for researchers and policy makers alike. This book investigates a broad range of complexities that arise as ethnographers work with refugee populations from different geographic areas in research, policy formation, and legal and social assistance. But the issues raised here have application to ethical concerns in ethnographic research and practice beyond refugees. The contributors draw on their intensive fieldwork to explore issues surrounding power and disempowerment between researcher and subject; dilemmas over the protection of research informants; and the rights ... Read more
Refugees experience some of the most visible manifestations of human rights abuses in the world today—and raise difficult issues for researchers and policy makers alike. This book investigates a broad range of complexities that arise as ethnographers work with refugee populations from different geographic areas in research, policy formation, and legal and social assistance. But the issues raised here have application to ethical concerns in ethnographic research and practice beyond refugees. The contributors draw on their intensive fieldwork to explore issues surrounding power and disempowerment between researcher and subject; dilemmas over the protection of research informants; and the rights ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847688982
SKU
V9780847688982
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99-1
About Unknown
Ruth M. Krulfeld is professor of anthropology and international affairs at the George Washington University. Jeffery L. MacDonald is director of program development at the International Refugee Center of Oregon (IRCO) and is president of the society for the Anthropology of Consciousness, a section of the American Anthropological Association.
Reviews for Power, Ethics, and Human Rights
Krulfeld and MacDonald have edited a book of excellent chapters by well-respected anthropologists in refugee studies. The strong focus on community participation and empowerment in refugee research questions the ethics of researchers who study or create programs for about refugees without their input. Social science researchers, clinicians, program evaluators and their students will find the book a very good read. ... Read more