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Research for Development A Practical Guide

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Beschreibung

'Research for Development has become the 'go to' text for development practitioners, students and researchers alike. This substantially revised second edition is even better: brought fully up to date with many new topics and chapters, this book is comprehensive, authoritative and highly informative'...

Beschreibung

'Research for Development has become the 'go to' text for development practitioners, students and researchers alike. This substantially revised second edition is even better: brought fully up to date with many new topics and chapters, this book is comprehensive, authoritative and highly informative' - David Lewis, Professor of Social Policy and Development, London School of Economics & Political Science

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum

08.02.2013
Verlag SAGE Publications
Seitenzahl

448

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum

08.02.2013
Verlag SAGE Publications
Seitenzahl

448
Maße (L/B/H)

25/17,5/2,9 cm
Gewicht

947 g
Auflage

2., überarbeitete Auflage
Sprache

Englisch
ISBN

978-1-4462-5236-9
Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • How to use this book
    PART ONE: INTRODUCTION AND PLANNING YOUR RESEARCH
    Introduction: Why Research for Development Matters
    So What Is Research?
    ¿But I¿m not a Researcher¿: The Contribution of the Development Worker
    Who Should Do Research for Development Work? The Broader Issues
    Research and Social Change
    How to Tell When Research is the Best Approach to a Problem
    Using Research in Development Work
    So What is the Right Approach to Research for Development Work?
    Two Major Research Approaches
    Types of Research in Development Work
    Programme-Focused and Issue-Focused Research
    Using Research for Programme Development
    Using Research to Influence Policy
    Planning for Effective Research
    Quality in Research
    Choosing a Research Focus
    Defining the Research Questions
    Writing a Research Brief
    Managing Research
    Attracting and Engaging with Funders
    Deciding Who Should Do The Research
    Selecting and Appointing External Researchers
    Managing Costs and Time
    Supervising Researchers
    Reviewing Existing Evidence
    How to Look
    Where to Look
    How to Use the Internet for Research
    Learning Development Research Skills
    Where to Start?
    Some Ways of Learning Research Skills
    Supporting Southern Researchers
    PART TWO: COLLECTING DATA
    Choosing Methods
    Choosing a Research Approach
    Choosing Research Techniques
    Triangulation: Using More Than One Technique
    Collecting and Managing Quality Data
    Introduction
    Three Characterisics of Good-quality Data
    Ways to Improve Quality in Data Collection
    Improving Communication with Respondents
    Collecting, Recording and Managing Data
    Ensuring ¿Trustworthiness¿
    Thinking about Ethics in Research
    Codes of Ethics
    Responsibilities Towards Respondents: Some Ethical Issues to Consider
    Wider Accountability
    Responsibilities to Colleagues
    Choosing a Sample
    What Does Sampling Mean?
    Quantitative or Qualitative Sampling?
    Probability or Random Sampling
    Purposive or Non-Random Sampling
    How to Sample For Cases, Location, Time and Events
    Including ¿Hard-To-Reach¿ People
    Incentives: What Are The Issues?
    Collecting Data
    How to Ask Questions
    Interviews
    Focus Groups
    Questionnaires
    Use of Documentary Sources and Secondary Data Analysis
    Observation
    Participatory Research
    Participation for...?
    Participation by...?
    Participation in...?
    Some Participatory Research Methods
    Practical Challenges in Participatory Research
    Critical Perspectives on Participatory Research
    PART THREE: ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH COMMUNICATION
    Undertaking Research Analysis
    Getting Organized
    What is Analysis?
    Interpretation
    The Process of Data Analysis
    Participation in the Analysis Process
    Methods of Analysis
    Qualitative Analysis
    Quantitative Analysis
    So What Does It All Mean?
    Writing Effectively
    What to Write
    What Not to Write
    What Must Be Included
    How to Write: The Process
    Writing Press Releases, Policy Briefs or Journal Articles
    Promoting Research Uptake
    Building a Successful Communications Strategy
    Promotion for Implementation: Influencing Programmes
    Promotion for Policy Influence
    Some Tools for Communication
    Dealing with the Media
    Capacity Building
    Assessing Research for Development Work
    What, Who and When?
    Assessing Research Output
    Assessing Research Uptake
    Assessing Research Impact
    Appendix 1: On Monitoring and Evaluation
    Appendix 2: Useful Websites
    Glossary
    References