Research Methods in Conflict Settings A View from Below Mazurana Jacobsen

Research Methods in Conflict SettingsA View from Below\nAuthor(s): Dyan Mazurana, Karen Jacobsen, Lacey Andrews Gale\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107502819, 978-1107502819\nSynopsis\nIncreasing numbers of researchers are working in regions experiencing high levels of conflict or crisis, or among populations that have fled violent conflict to become refugees or internally displaced persons. Understanding these conflicts and their aftermath should be shaped not only by the victors and their elite companions but also by the local people whose daily lives become intertwined with the conflict - this 'view from below' is explored in this volume. Conducting rigorous research in these contexts presents a range of ethical, methodological, logistical and security challenges not usually confronted in non-conflict field contexts. This volume compiles lessons learned by experienced field researchers, m.