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This authoritative text concerns itself with freedom and
`alternatives to freedom', based on original survey research of
public attitudes to civil and political rights.It combines and
connects explicit and implicit arguments for freedom, with the
judgements of public opinion on two levels the general public and
politicians encouraging the reader to think about issues both in
terms of political theory and public opinion.The issues considered,
all of which may be viewed as alternatives to the narrow conception
of freedom as the absence of coercion, are: parliamentary
sovereignty the national interest responsibility accountability
equality the moral communityAlternate chapters present powerful
arguments from political figures such as Lord Armstrong, Lord
Jenkins and Roy Hattersley, based on practical experience, and then
assess public opinion for each issue.
This authoritative text concerns itself with freedom and
alternatives to freedom', based on original survey research of
public attitudes to civil and political rights.
It combines and connects explicit and implicit arguments for
freedom, with the judgements of public opinion on two levels the
general public and politicians encouraging the reader to think
about issues both in terms of political theory and public
opinion.
The issues considered, all of which may be viewed as alternatives
to the narrow conception of freedom as the absence of coercion,
are:
* parliamentary sovereignty
* the national interest
* responsibility
* accountability
* equality
* the moral community
Alternate chapters present powerful arguments from political
figures such as Lord Armstrong, Lord Jenkins and Roy Hattersley,
based on practical experience, and then assess public opinion for
each issue.
The long-awaited third edition of Doing Qualitative Research by
Benjamin F. Crabtree and William L. Miller is out! Co-create your
own inspired research stories with this reader-friendly text on
qualitative methods, design, and analysis. Written for both
students and researchers with little to no qualitative experience,
as well as investigators looking to expand and refine their
expertise, this clear and concise book will quickly get readers up
to speed doing truly excellent qualitative research. The first four
chapters of the book set the stage by contextualizing qualitative
research within the overall traditions of research, focusing on the
history of qualitative research, the importance of collaboration,
reflexivity, and finding the appropriate method for your research
question. Each part then addresses a different stage of the
research process, from data collection, data analysis and
interpretation, and refocusing on the bigger picture once your
research is complete. Unique chapters cover case study research,
intervention studies, and participatory research. The authors use
their experiences and knowledge to provide both personal and
published research stories to contextualize qualitative concepts.
Many of the examples demonstrate the use of qualitative methods
within a mixed-methods approach. Each chapter concludes with
open-ended questions to further reader contemplation and to spark
discussions with classmates and colleagues. With an abundance of
clinical research examples featuring a variety of qualitative
methods, Doing Qualitative Research encourages researchers to learn
by doing and actively experiment with the tools and concepts
presented throughout the book.
There is a vigorous debate about the merits of globalisation for
developing countries. Based on numerous focus-group discussions and
over 10,000 interviews, this book studies economic and cultural
openness from the perspective of the public in four developing or
'transitional' countries: Vietnam, (South) Korea, the Czech
Republic and Ukraine (both before and after the Orange Revolution).
It finds many supporters of opening up, but also many who are
discontented with its downsides and who expect states to tackle the
exploitation and unfairness that accompany it. Among the most
fervent enemies of openness there is support not just for peaceful
public protest to tackle the problems it brings, but for violence
or sabotage. The methodology provides a unique opportunity for the
public in developing countries to 'speak with their own voices'
about markets and openness - and highlights the subtlety,
ambiguity, tensions, conflicts and emotion that statistics alone
fail to capture.
There is a vigorous debate about the merits of globalisation for
developing countries. Based on numerous focus-group discussions and
over 10,000 interviews, this book studies economic and cultural
openness from the perspective of the public in four developing or
'transitional' countries: Vietnam, (South) Korea, the Czech
Republic and Ukraine (both before and after the Orange Revolution).
It finds many supporters of opening up, but also many who are
discontented with its downsides and who expect states to tackle the
exploitation and unfairness that accompany it. Among the most
fervent enemies of openness there is support not just for peaceful
public protest to tackle the problems it brings, but for violence
or sabotage. The methodology provides a unique opportunity for the
public in developing countries to 'speak with their own voices'
about markets and openness - and highlights the subtlety,
ambiguity, tensions, conflicts and emotion that statistics alone
fail to capture.
Are national legal cultures in Europe converging or diverging as a
result of the pressures of European legal integration? Ase B.
Grodeland and William L. Miller address this question by exploring
the attitudes and perceptions of the general public and law
professionals in five European countries: England, Norway,
Bulgaria, Poland and the Ukraine. Presenting new findings, they
challenge the established view that ordinary citizens and people
working professionally with the law have different legal cultures.
Their research in fact reveals that the attitudes of citizens in
Eastern and Western Europe towards 'law-in-principle' are
remarkably similar, whereas perceptions of 'law-in-practice' differ
by country and often correlate with GDP per capita and country
ranking in rule of law indices. Grodeland and Miller's innovative
methodological approach will appeal to both experts and non-experts
with an interest in legal culture, European integration, or
European elite and public opinion.
The study of elections and voting patterns has been one of the
fastest growing fields of political science in the past few
decades. It has produced one of the most characteristic artifacts
of Western political culture: the public-opinion poll. But what
makes people vote the way they do social class, race, and sex? Or
more ephemeral factors, like ideology, party identifications, money
and mass-media campaigns? The authors argue that it is futile to
ask the question, 'What decides elections?' without first
considering another: What do elections decide? Elections and Voters
therefore examines competitive electoral systems: how they work,
how they are manipulated, and how to interpret the results of
elections held under their rules. Ideologies and images,
sociological and economic influences, and the effects of the media,
money, and opinion polls themselves are discussed, as are
noncompetitive elections in four countries commonly omitted from
such studies: the Soviet Union, Poland, Mexico, and Kenya.
Completely free of jargon, Elections and Voters is indispensable
not only to students of politics but also to its practitioners:
journalists, politicians, pollsters and voters themselves.
When the focus is on black or Asian minorities, Britain is
frequently described as a multi-cultural state. But when the focus
is on Scotland, England and Wales, Britain is also described as a
multi-national state. Yet debates about multiculturalism and
nationalism have been held in parallel without sharing even a
common vocabulary. This book is a pioneering study of how
multiculturalism interacts with multinationalism, especially within
post-devolution Scotland. It gives equal attention to Scotland's
largest 'visible' and 'invisible' minorities: ethnic Pakistanis
(almost all of them Muslim) and English immigrants. Rising Scottish
self-consciousness could have posed a challenge both these
minorities. But in practice, potential problems have proved
themselves to be solutions, integrating rather than alienating. In
the eyes of the minorities, devolution has made Scots at once more
proud and less xenophobic. Even English immigrants feel devolution
has defused tensions, calmed frustrations, and forced Scots to
blame themselves rather than others for their problems. Pakistanis
have suffered increasing harassment - but they attribute that to
9/11 not to devolution. And Muslims adopt Scottish identities,
Scottish attitudes, even Scottish nationalism - consciously or
unconsciously using these as tools of integration. The book is
based in part on large-scale surveys: of Pakistani and English
minorities within Scotland, and of the majority populations in
Scotland and England. But it is also based on systematic analysis
of transcripts of focus-group discussions with minorities revealing
the variety of opinion within minorities as well as the contrasts
between them. In particular, it presents a unique account of how
Scottish Muslims express their feelings in a time of crisis.
'...a very superior textbook, avoiding most of the pitfalls of the
genre...the wheat-to-chaff ratio is gratifyingly high, in a field
with more chaff than most...it must have been a difficult book to
write; by any consumer test it rates a range of stars and a 'best
buy' recommendation.' - Ivor Crewe, Times Higher Education
Supplement '...a lively, readable introductory textbook.' - Talking
Politics
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