Covert Research
Title | Covert Research PDF eBook |
Author | David Calvey |
Publisher | SAGE |
Pages | 297 |
Release | 2017-03-20 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1473954924 |
Undercover research is an emotive and controversial field often equated with deception and transgression. Using classic examples and contemporary case studies this book challenges covert research’s dispersed place within the social sciences and rehabilitates its reputation as a powerful research method. Drawing in part on his own undercover research into the night-time economy of bouncers, the author explores the roots and evolution of covert research; his deft treatment of the fear and fascination within furtive fieldwork is grounded in the practicality of the methods and tools needed to conduct quality research in the field. Packed with learning-by-example tips, this book shows that with critical imagination and proper ethical foundations, covert research could be a great addition to your methodological toolkit.
Ethical Issues in Covert, Security and Surveillance Research
Title | Ethical Issues in Covert, Security and Surveillance Research PDF eBook |
Author | Ron Iphofen |
Publisher | Emerald Group Publishing |
Pages | 267 |
Release | 2021-12-09 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1802624139 |
The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Ethical Issues in Covert, Security and Surveillance Research showcases that it is only when the integrity of research is carefully pursued can users of the evidence produced be assured of its value and its ethical credentials.
Ethical Issues in Covert, Security and Surveillance Research
Title | Ethical Issues in Covert, Security and Surveillance Research PDF eBook |
Author | Ron Iphofen |
Publisher | Emerald Group Publishing |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2021-12-09 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1802624112 |
The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Ethical Issues in Covert, Security and Surveillance Research showcases that it is only when the integrity of research is carefully pursued can users of the evidence produced be assured of its value and its ethical credentials.
Covert Regime Change
Title | Covert Regime Change PDF eBook |
Author | Lindsey A. O'Rourke |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 329 |
Release | 2018-12-15 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1501730681 |
States seldom resort to war to overthrow their adversaries. They are more likely to attempt to covertly change the opposing regime, by assassinating a foreign leader, sponsoring a coup d’état, meddling in a democratic election, or secretly aiding foreign dissident groups. In Covert Regime Change, Lindsey A. O’Rourke shows us how states really act when trying to overthrow another state. She argues that conventional focus on overt cases misses the basic causes of regime change. O’Rourke provides substantive evidence of types of security interests that drive states to intervene. Offensive operations aim to overthrow a current military rival or break up a rival alliance. Preventive operations seek to stop a state from taking certain actions, such as joining a rival alliance, that may make them a future security threat. Hegemonic operations try to maintain a hierarchical relationship between the intervening state and the target government. Despite the prevalence of covert attempts at regime change, most operations fail to remain covert and spark blowback in unanticipated ways. Covert Regime Change assembles an original dataset of all American regime change operations during the Cold War. This fund of information shows the United States was ten times more likely to try covert rather than overt regime change during the Cold War. Her dataset allows O’Rourke to address three foundational questions: What motivates states to attempt foreign regime change? Why do states prefer to conduct these operations covertly rather than overtly? How successful are such missions in achieving their foreign policy goals?
Covert Operations
Title | Covert Operations PDF eBook |
Author | Claire C. Carter |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9781934435861 |
Following the tragedies of September 11, 2001, contemporary artists such as Ahmed Basiony, Thomas Demand, Harun Farocki, Jenny Holzer, Trevor Paglen and Taryn Simon urgently pursued the complicated intersection of freedom, security, secrecy, power and violence. Covert Operations: Investigating the Known Unknowns features 13 international artists who have collected and revealed unreported information on subjects ranging from classified military sites and reconnaissance satellites to border and immigration surveillance, terrorist profiling, narcotics and human trafficking, illegal extradition flights and nuclear weapons. Among the other contributing artists are Anne-Marie Schleiner, Luis Hernandez Galvan, David Taylor and Kerry Tribe.
Covert Research
Title | Covert Research PDF eBook |
Author | David Calvey |
Publisher | SAGE |
Pages | 249 |
Release | 2017-03-20 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1473954932 |
Undercover research is an emotive and controversial field often equated with deception and transgression. Using classic examples and contemporary case studies this book challenges covert research’s dispersed place within the social sciences and rehabilitates its reputation as a powerful research method. Drawing in part on his own undercover research into the night-time economy of bouncers, the author explores the roots and evolution of covert research; his deft treatment of the fear and fascination within furtive fieldwork is grounded in the practicality of the methods and tools needed to conduct quality research in the field. Packed with learning-by-example tips, this book shows that with critical imagination and proper ethical foundations, covert research could be a great addition to your methodological toolkit.
Understanding and Doing Successful Research
Title | Understanding and Doing Successful Research PDF eBook |
Author | Shaun Best |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 2014-05-22 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 131786218X |
Research Methods is an essential guide to carrying out a research project. Each of the focused chapters introduces and explains an aspect of social research to readers who may have no experience or knowledge of this subject. The emphasis is on ‘how to do’ various different methods, how to decide which is the most appropriate, and how to analyse the data. The book also includes examples of good practice from a range of social science disciplines.