Conducting terrorism field research : a guide /

This book offers a detailed and practically oriented guide to the challenges of conducting terrorist fieldwork.The past decade has seen an explosion of research into terrorism. However, field research on terrorism has traditionally been surrounded by many myths, and has been called anything from &qu...

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Other Authors: Dolnik, Adam
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2013.
Series:Contemporary terrorism studies.
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Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction : the need for field research on terrorism / Adam Dolnik
  • 2. Interviewing government and official sources : an introductory guide / Lindsay Clutterbuck and Richard Warnes
  • 3. Learning from the "dark side" : identifying, accessing and interviewing illicit non-state actors / Michael Kenney
  • 4. Research challenges involved in field study on terrorism in the Middle East / Magnus Ranstorp
  • 5. Field research : Argentina in comparative perspective / Maria Rasmussen
  • 6. Conversing with the adversary : interviewing Palestinian suicide bombers and their dispatchers in Israeli prisons / Yoram Schweitzer
  • 7. Face to face with my case study / Laila Bokhari
  • 8. Conducting field research on terrorism in Iraq / Michael Knights
  • 9. A practical guide to research on terrorism in the North Caucasus / Cerwyn Moore
  • 10. Conducting terrorism fieldwork on a shoestring budget : researching suicide terrorism in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Rashmi Singh
  • 11. Researching militant groups in Southeast Asia / Zachary Abuza
  • 12. Conducting field research on terrorism in Northern Ireland / Kacper Rekawek
  • 13. Interviewing the terrorists : reflections on fieldwork and implications for psychological research / John Horgan
  • 14. Professionalizing high-risk field research in academia / Michael Taarnby
  • 15. Up close and personal : conducting field research on terrorism in conflict zones / Adam Dolnik.