Robert G. Kaiser is een ervaren journalist wiens werk wordt gekenmerkt door diepgaande inzichten in de Amerikaanse politiek en samenleving. Kaiser richt zich op het blootleggen van machts- en invloedmechanismen, waarbij hij zich vaak concentreert op onderwerpen als lobbyen en de achterkamertjespolitiek in Washington. Zijn stijl is analytisch en doordringend, waardoor lezers verder kunnen kijken dan de oppervlakte van gebeurtenissen. Door zijn artikelen en essays biedt hij een kritisch perspectief op het functioneren van de Amerikaanse democratie.
A Practical Guide to Qualitative Data Collection with Experts in Political Science
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Aimed at students and emerging researchers, this textbook serves as a practical guide for planning and executing qualitative expert interviews in political science. It emphasizes a methodologically rigorous and application-focused approach, making it suitable for those interested in independent qualitative data collection. The content is designed to equip readers with the necessary skills to conduct effective interviews within the field.
This edited volume is devoted to analysing transnational expertise, a topic that has received considerable attention in the social sciences and history, especially in research on transnational professional networks and associations, epistemic communities and groups of practitioners. Yet more knowledge about transnational expertise is needed, given the growing importance of expertise in an ever more complex world in which interdependencies between different types of actors and organisations are increasing and in which these actors often have to cooperate to address transnational issues. While studies regarding the above-mentioned concepts have generally involved empirical cases of expertise in the context of transnational governance since the end of the Cold War, transnational expertise actually played an important role long before 1990. Therefore, this volume adopts an interdisciplinary approach that includes perspectives from history, sociology and political science. With contributions by Ingvild Bode, Christian Henrich-Franke, Robert Kaiser, Christian Lahusen, Alexander Reinfeld, Lukas Schemper, Andrea Schneiker and Carola Maria Westermeier.
Das Lehrbuch richtet sich primär an Studierende in Bachelor- und Masterstudiengängen und bietet in knapper aber systematischer Form eine fundierte Handreichung für die Planung und Durchführung qualitativer Experteninterviews in der Politikwissenschaft. Es vermittelt einen methodisch fundierten und anwendungs- bzw. problemorientierten Zugang zu dieser Form der eigenständigen qualitativen Datenerhebung. Wesentliche Schritte der Konzeption solcher Befragungen werden anhand praktischer Beispiele aus interviewgestützten Forschungsvorhaben veranschaulicht.
