Ethnographic Methods in Nonprofit Management

2009 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 420-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana Flinn
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Management ◽  
Ethnographic Methods

Progress outside of paradise: Old and new comparative approaches to contentious politics

2021 ◽  
pp. 001041402110242
Author(s):  
Sidney Tarrow
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Politics ◽  
Contentious Politics ◽  
Ethnographic Methods ◽  
Ethnographic Studies ◽  
Real Progress ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Dramatic Growth

Descriptive or ethnographic studies were once the stock-in-trade of the comparative politics of non-Western areas and illiberal states. The last few decades have seen a dramatic growth in quantitative—or at least systematic—studies of these systems. This marks real progress, but, in the process, some of the advantages of ethnographic and “unit-contextual” studies have been lost. The contributors to this symposium have used ethnographic methods—often in combination with other methods—to examine and compare episodes of contentious politics in a number of these countries. Drawing on some of the “classics” of comparative politics, this article emphasizes both the continuities and the departures of the new generation of “ethnography plus” research efforts represented in this symposium.

Ethnographic Approaches to Contentious Politics: The What, How, and Why

2021 ◽  
pp. 001041402110255
Author(s):  
Diana Fu ◽  
Erica S. Simmons
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Politics ◽  
The United States ◽  
Contentious Politics ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Ethnographic Methods ◽  
Political Ethnography ◽  
Units Of Analysis ◽  
Social Meanings ◽  
Methodological Tool ◽  
Why Questions

How should we study contentious politics in an era rife with new forms of contention, both in the United States and abroad? The introduction to this special issue draws attention to one particularly crucial methodological tool in the study of contention: political ethnography. It showcases the ways in which ethnographic approaches can contribute to the study of contentious politics. Specifically, it argues that “what,” “how,” and “why” questions are central to the study of contention and that ethnographic methods are particularly well-suited to answering them. It also demonstrates how ethnographic methods push scholars to both expand the objects of inquiry and rethink what the relevant units of analysis might be. By uncovering hidden processes, exploring social meanings, and giving voice to unheard stories, ethnography and “ethnography-plus” approaches contribute to the study of contention and to comparative politics, writ large.

Using ethnographic methods for development of culture-specific interventions

2005 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kris Varjas ◽  
Bonnie K. Nastasi ◽  
Rachel Bernstein Moore ◽  
Asoka Jayasena
Keyword(s):  
Ethnographic Methods
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