Routledge handbook of research methods in military studies / edited by Joseph Soeters, Patricia M. Shields and Sebastiaan Rietjens.

• Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; Part I Getting started and seeing the context; 1 Introduction; 2 Getting access to the field: Insider/outsider perspectives; 3 Getting on the same net: How the theory-driven academic can better communicate with the pragmatic military client; 4 Reflexivity: Potentially "dangerous liaisons"; 5 Doing military research in conflict environments; 6 Studying host-nationals in operational areas: The challenge of Afghanistan; Part II Qualitative methods. 
• 7 Historical research in the military domain8 Retrieving what's already there: Archival data for research in defense acquisition; 9 Process tracing in case studies; 10 Being one of the guys or the fly on the wall? Participant observation of veteran bikers; 11 In-depth interviewing; 12 Qualitative data analysis: Seeing the patterns in the fog of civil-military interaction; 13 Visual communication research and war; 14 Researching 'the most dangerous of all sources': Egodocuments; 15 Scrutinizing the Internet in search of "homegrown" terrorism; Part III Quantitative methods. 
• 16 Survey research in military settings17 Longitudinal design in using surveys in military research: Common challenges and techniques; 18 Multilevel analysis: The examination of hierarchical data in military research; 19 Cross-national research in the military: Comparing operational styles; 20 Experimental methods in military and veteran studies; 21 The empirical analysis of conflicts, using databases; 22 Computational modeling to study conflicts and terrorism; 23 Evaluating peace operations: Challenges and dimensions; 24 Business analytics research in military organizations; Part IV The end. 
• 25 A new approach to doing military ethics26 Theory building in research on the military; 27 Doing practical research and publishing in military studies; Select bibliography; Index. 

• This volume offers an overview of the methodologies of research in the field of military studies. As an institution relying on individuals and resources provided by society, the military has been studied by scholars from a wide range of disciplines: political science, sociology, history, psychology, anthropology, economics and administrative studies. The methodological approaches in these disciplines vary from computational modelling of conflicts and surveys of military performance, to the qualitative study of military stories from the battlefield and veterans experiences. Rapidly developing technological facilities (more powerful hardware, more sophisticated software, digitalization of documents and pictures) render the methodologies in use more dynamic than ever. The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Military Studies offers a comprehensive and dynamic overview of these developments as they emerge in the many approaches to military studies. The chapters in this Handbook are divided over four parts: starting research, qualitative methods, quantitative methods, and finalizing a study, and every chapter starts with the description of a well-published study illustrating the methodological issues that will be dealt with in that particular chapter. Hence, this Handbook not only provides methodological know-how, but also offers a useful overview of military studies from a variety of research perspectives. This Handbook will be of much interest to students of military studies, security and war studies, civil-military relations, military sociology, political science and research methods in general.

Subject headings

Krigsvetenskap  -- metodik (sao)

Militärhistoria  -- metodik (sao)

Military art and science  -- Methodology. (LCSH)

Sociology, Military  -- Methodology. (LCSH)

Military history  -- Methodology. (LCSH)

Militärväsen  -- metodik (sao)

Militärsociologi  -- metodik (sao)

Genre

Electronic books.  (LCSH)

Publication and Content Type

U104 .R68 2014 (LCC)

355.0072 (DDC)

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