Scholars of politics have sought in recent years to make the
discipline more hospitable to qualitative methods of research.
Lauding the results of this effort and highlighting its potential
for the future, "Political Ethnography" makes a compelling case for
one such method in particular. Ethnography, the contributors amply
demonstrate in a wide range of original essays, is uniquely suited
for illuminating the study of politics.
Situating these pieces within the context of developments in
political science, Edward Schatz provides an overarching
introduction and substantive prefaces to each of the volume's four
sections. The first of these parts addresses the central
ontological and epistemological issues raised by ethnographic work,
while the second grapples with the reality that all research is
conducted from a first-person perspective. The third section goes
on to explore how ethnographic research can provide fresh
perspectives on such perennial topics as opinion, causality, and
power. Concluding that political ethnography can and should play a
central role in the field as a whole, the final chapters illuminate
the many ways in which ethnographic approaches can enhance,
improve, and, in some areas, transform the study of politics.
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