Secrecy and Methods in Security Research - 9780367027230

Taylor & Francis > University of Amsterdam

Secrecy and Methods in Security ResearchA Guide to Qualitative Fieldwork\nAuthor(s): Marieke De Goede, Esm Bosma, Polly Pallister-Wilkins\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367027230, 978-0367027230\nSynopsis\nThis book analyses the challenges of secrecy in security research, and develops a set of methods to navigate, encircle and work with secrecy.\n\nHow can researchers navigate secrecy in their fieldwork, when they encounter confidential material, closed-off quarters or bureaucratic rebuffs? This is a particular challenge for researchers in the security field, which is by nature secretive and difficult to access. This book creatively assesses and analyses the ways in which secrecies operate in security research. The collection sets out new understandings of secrecy, and shows how secrecy itself can be made productive to research analysis. It offers students, PhD researchers and senior scholars a rich toolkit of .