International Organizations and Research Methods: An Introduction - Softcover

Fanny Badache (editor); Leah R Kimber (editor) & Lucile Maertens (editor)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0472056220 ISBN 13: 9780472056224

Publisher: University of Michigan Press, 2023

Synopsis

Scholars have studied international organizations (IOs) in many disciplines, thus generating important theoretical developments. Yet a proper assessment and a broad discussion of the methods used to research these organizations are lacking. Which methods are being used to study IOs and in what ways? Do we need a specific methodology applied to the case of IOs? What are the concrete methodological challenges when doing research on IOs? International Organizations and Research Methods: An Introduction compiles an inventory of the methods developed in the study of IOs under the five headings of Observing, Interviewing, Documenting, Measuring, and Combining. It does not reconcile diverging views on the purpose and meaning of IO scholarship, but creates a space for scholars and students embedded in different academic traditions to reflect on methodological choices and the way they impact knowledge production on IOs.

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About the Author

Fanny Badache is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.

Leah R. Kimber is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Columbia University and Research Associate at the University of Geneva.

Lucile Maertens is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Lausanne.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0472056220
• ISBN 13: 9780472056224
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 424