Until now, political scientists interested in ethnography have had to turn to texts in other fields for enlightenment. Finally illuminating the many ways in which ethnographic approaches can contribute to the study of politics, this book will occupy an important and distinctive place in political science. Extremely well written, it does an excellent job of providing concrete examples of successful ... Read moreethnographic research and, at the same time, linking methodology to fundamental philoslophical ideas about the way the world works.
Gregory Kasza, Indiana University
Gregory Kasza, Indiana University+ How did we get a political science that methodologically assumed its ordinary human subjects had no insights into the operation of power? Here, happily, are diverse, sustained arguments and practical demonstrations of the value of a social science not conducted entirely behind people's backs. Political Ethnography is both inspiring and instructive.
James C. Scott, Yale University
James C. Scott, Yale University How did we get a political science that methodologically assumed its ordinary human subjects had no insights into the operation of power? Here, happily, are diverse, sustained arguments and practical demonstrations of the value of a social science not conducted entirely behind people s backs. Political Ethnography is both inspiring and instructive. James C. Scott, Yale University
James C. Scott, Yale University How did we get a political science that methodologically assumed its ordinary human subjects had no insights into the operation of power? Here, happily, are diverse, sustained arguments and practical demonstrations of the value of a social science not conducted entirely behind people's backs. Political Ethnography is both inspiring and instructive.
James C. Scott, Yale University
James C. Scott, Yale University Show Less