Politics and Pleasure at the Iowa Straw Poll: A Participant Observation

Politics Without Pleasure

The Politics of Police History in Germany since the 1990s. A Participant Observation

Methods – a Case Example of Participant Observation

This paper discusses the role of the researcher as a participant observer and reflective practitioner. The paper aims to assess the benefits and limitations of participant observation, and offer guidance as to how to manage the challenges inherent in this technique. The paper draws on the lead author’s experience as a participant observer when working on her doctoral thesis: ‘Factors Affecting ...

Using participant or non-participant observation to explain information behaviour

The aim of the paper is to provide guidance on conducting participant and non-participant observation studies of information behaviour. Examines lessons learned during nonparticipant observation of hospital pharmacists, and participant observation with dependent older people living in their own homes. Describes the methods used in both studies, and discusses the ethical issues involved in gaini...

Homelessness and Strategies of Identity Maintenance: A Participant Observation Study

In order to investigate identity maintenance strategies used by a low status group, a covert participant observation study was conducted in a shelter for the homeless. From Social Identity Theory and previous research on the homeless, it was hypothesized that the identity maintenance strategies used would di€er as a function of longevity of homelessness: the shortterm homeless (52 years) would ...