Interviews are a frequent and important part of empirical
research in political science, but graduate programs rarely offer
discipline-specific training in selecting interviewees, conducting
interviews, and using the data thus collected. Interview Research
in Political Science addresses this vital need, offering hard-won
advice for both graduate students and faculty members. The
contributors to this book have worked in a variety of field
locations and settings and have interviewed a wide array of
informants, from government officials to members of rebel movements
and victims of wartime violence, from lobbyists and corporate
executives to workers and trade unionists.
The authors encourage scholars from all subfields of political
science to use interviews in their research, and they provide a set
of lessons and tools for doing so. The book addresses how to
construct a sample of interviewees; how to collect and report
interview data; and how to address ethical considerations and the
Institutional Review Board process. Other chapters discuss how to
link interview-based evidence with causal claims; how to use proxy
interviews or an interpreter to improve access; and how to
structure interview questions. A useful appendix contains examples
of consent documents, semistructured interview prompts, and
interview protocols.
Contributors: Frank R. Baumgartner, The University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill; Matthew N. Beckmann, University of
California, Irvine; Jeffrey M. Berry, Tufts University; Erik
Bleich, Middlebury College; Sarah M. Brooks, The Ohio State
University; Melani Cammett, Brown University; Lee Ann Fujii,
University of Toronto; Mary Gallagher, University of Michigan;
Richard L. Hall, University of Michigan; Marie Hojnacki,
Pennsylvania State University; David C. Kimball, University of
Missouri, St. Louis; Beth L. Leech, Rutgers, the State University
of New Jersey; Julia F. Lynch, University of Pennsylvania; Cathie
Jo Martin, Boston University; Lauren Maclean, Indiana University;
Layna Mosley, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;
Robert Pekkanen, University of Washington; William Reno,
Northwestern University; Reuel R. Rogers, Northwestern
University
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