The Power of Ethnography
A Useful Approach to Researching Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12116271 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Turid Hagene (Department of International Studies and Interpreting, Oslo and Akershus University College (HiOA), Oslo, Norway, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 305-325 |
| Publication date | 2017-08-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Forum for Development Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0803-9410 • E-ISSN: 1891-1765 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08039410.2017.1366360 |
| OpenAlex | W2752274197 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 39 |
This article explores and argues the suitability of ethnographic methods, primarily participant observation, in the research of politics, and in the construction of concepts for theory building. The argument is sustained by using a case study of a network of political clientelism and some instances of vote-buying in a native village in Mexico City. The author maintains that long-term participant observation is particularly well suited to discover puzzles and incongruities, which invite abductive reasoning, and allow for unplanned findings and new insights. Issues of legitimacy, moral universes and life-worlds, as well as tacit knowledge, local discourses and silences, are researchable with this methodological approach. The author suggests the study of politics would benefit from more scholars employing these methods
Argument (complex analysis · Clientelism · Epistemology · Ethnography · Legitimacy · Participant observation · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Social science · Sociology · Term (time · Anthropology · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Society in Latin America · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |