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Doing Development Research
Edited by:
- Vandana Desai - Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
- Rob Potter - University of Reading, UK (2003–2014)
March 2006 | 336 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
"This volume is a useful guide for undertaking development research and a good complement to the existing literature on the subject." —SHORTER NOTICES
"The collection is a tight volume containing the diverse insight of the many years of collective experience of a range of academics."
—EVALUATION JOURNAL OF AUSTRALASIA
Doing Development Research is a comprehensive introduction to research in development studies that provides thorough training for anyone carrying out research in developing countries. It brings together experts with extensive experience of overseas research, presenting an interdisciplinary guide to the core methodologies.
Informed by years of research experience, Doing Development Research draws together many strands of action research and participatory methods, demonstrating their diverse applications and showing how they interrelate.
Key Features
"The collection is a tight volume containing the diverse insight of the many years of collective experience of a range of academics."
—EVALUATION JOURNAL OF AUSTRALASIA
Doing Development Research is a comprehensive introduction to research in development studies that provides thorough training for anyone carrying out research in developing countries. It brings together experts with extensive experience of overseas research, presenting an interdisciplinary guide to the core methodologies.
Informed by years of research experience, Doing Development Research draws together many strands of action research and participatory methods, demonstrating their diverse applications and showing how they interrelate.
Key Features
- An account of the theoretical approaches that underlie development work
- An explanation of the practical issues involved in planning development research
- A systematic overview of information and data collecting methods in three sub-sections: methods of social research and associated forms of analysis; using existing knowledge and records; and disseminating findings/research
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
The Raison d'etre of Doing Development Research
PART TWO: STRATEGIC ISSUES IN PLANNING SOUND RESEARCH
Tony Binns
Doing Fieldwork in Developing Countries
Lynne Brydon
Ethical Practices in Doing Development Research
Caesar R A Apentiik and Jane L Parpart
Working in Different Cultures
Janet Henshall Momsen
Women, Men and Fieldwork
Lorraine van Blerk
Working with Children in Development
Margaret E Harrison
Collecting Sensitive and Contentious Information
Morten Boas, Kathleen M Jennings and Timothy M Shaw
Dealing with Conflicts and Emergency Situations
Bill Gould
Working with Partners
Mansoor Ali and Andrew Cotton
Working with Partners
Claire Mercer
Working with Partners
Tim Unwin
Doing Development Studies 'At Home'
PART THREE: INFORMATION AND DATA COLLECTION METHODS
METHODS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH AND ASSOCIATED FORMS OF ANALYSIS
Linda Mayoux
Quantitative, Qualitative or Participatory
David Barker
Field Surveys and Inventories
Katie Willis
Interviewing
Sally Lloyd-Evans
Focus Groups
David Simon
Your Questions Answered: Conducting Questionnnaire Surveys
Janet Bujra
Lost in Translation? The Use of Interpreters in Fieldwork
Jan Kees van Donge
Ethnographic and Participant Observation
Harriot Beazley and Judith Ennew
Participatory Methods and Approaches
JoAnn McGregor
Diaries and Case Studies
USING EXISTING KNOWLEDGE AND RECORDS
Paula Meth and Glyn Williams
Literature Reviews and Bibliographic Searches
Cathy McIlwaine
Using the Indigenous Local Knowledge and Literature
Cheryl McEwan
Using Images, Films and Photography
Michael Jennings
Using Archives
Denis Conway and Shanon Donnelly
Remote Sensing, GIS and Ground Truthing
Allan M Findlay
The Importance of Census and Other Secondary Data in Development Studies
Emma Mawdsley
Using the World Wide Web for Development Research
Jonathan Rigg
Data from International Agencies
DISSEMINATING FINDINGS/RESEARCH
Steve Morse
Writing an Effective Research Report or Dissertation
Sally Gainsbury and Cheryl Brown
How is Research Communicated Professionally?
This is an excellent book - find it valuable and have incorporated it into tow postgraduate research modules
Development Studies, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
November 20, 2013
This very helpful book is packed with practical advice about the opportunities and dangers of undertaking research in a different cultural context.
Social Sciences, Northumbria University
August 22, 2013
This book is an excellent resource for students thinking of undertaking research in developing countries at undergraduate or postgraduate levels.
School of Geography, Nottingham University
November 8, 2012
The book, especially the parts that deals with practical preparation for and realisation of fieldwork and qualitative methods, will be very useful to our students. We present our students with a resource list rather than mandatory readings for the method course, and the book will be on the resource list from next course onwards.
Centre for Gender Studies, Bergen University
September 24, 2010
This is a very comprehensive and useful book for anyone wanting to conduct research on development issues.
SLPS, Uxbridge College
May 4, 2010
