Doing Good Qualitative Research

Jennifer Cyr is Associate Professor of Political Science at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is the author of The Fates of Political Parties: Institutional Crisis, Continuity, and Change in Latin America and Focus Groups for the Social Science Researcher. She has also published in a wide variety of journals, including Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics, PS: Political Science and Politics, Quality & Quantity, Studies in Comparative International Development, Sociological Methods and Research, and Revista de Ciencia Política, and has several chapters in edited volumes. Sara Wallace Goodman is a Chancellor's Fellow and Dean's Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). She is the author of Citizenship in Hard Times: How Ordinary People Respond to Democratic Threat, co-author of Pandemic Politics: The Deadly Toll of Partisanship in the Age of COVID, and author of Immigration andMembership Politics in Western Europe, which received the Best Book Award from the European Politics and Society section of the American Political Science Association. Her work has also appeared in various journals including the American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, World Politics, Comparative Political Studies, International Organization, and other venues.

At last! Social researchers have long needed a single, comprehensive, and up-to-date introduction to the intimidating field of qualitative methods. This volume fulfills that need with stunning success, delivering engaging and accessible contributions of the highest quality. Doing Good Qualitative Research is the place to start for any scholar thinking about using qualitative methods.

• List of Contributors List of Tables and Figures 1. Introduction Jennifer Cyr and Sara Wallace Goodman Part One: Setting up a Research Project 2. Choosing a Research Question Julia Lynch 3. The Researcher's Gaze: Positionality and Reflexivity Lahoma Thomas 4. Theorization and Causality Cathie Jo Martin 5. The Construction of Knowledge Jooyoun Lee 6. Case Study and Selection Sara Wallace Goodman 7. The Potential of Mixed Methods for Qualitative Research Thalia Gerzso and Rachel Riedl 8. Preparing a Causal Research Design Jody LaPorte 9. Preparing an Interpretivist Research Design Tanya Schwarz and Carrie Reiling Part Two: Preparing for the Field 10. Preparing for the Field: The Nuts and Bolts Hannah Lebovits 11. Sampling Hard-to-Reach Populations Rana Khoury 12. Power Dynamics between Researcher and Subject Rachel Ayrton 13. Developing a Flexible Data-Collection Plan Lindsay Mayka and Jessica Rich 14. Considering Collaboration as Part of Your Research Design Mneesha Gellman 15. A Plan for Managing and Storing Your Data Verónica Pérez Bentancur Part Three: Collecting Qualitative Data 16. Interviewing Elites Lantian Li 17. Interviewing and Listening to Ordinary People Katherine Cramer 18. Interviewing Vulnerable Populations Wendy Pearlman 19. Focus Groups Jennifer Cyr 20. Ethnography Jessica Pisano 21. Supplementing Qualitative Work with Surveys, and Vice Versa Emily Thorson and Emily Farris 22. Locating and Working with Historical Data Diana Kim 23. Fieldwork in Fragile Contexts and with High Risk Populations: Ethics, Relationships, and Rapport Julie Chernov Hwang 24. Studying Indigenous Peoples' Politics: Recommendations for Non-Indigenous Researchers Tulia Falleti 25. Fieldwork as a Minoritized Scholar Robin L. Turner 26. Mental Health, Identity, and Fieldwork Dana El-Kurd and Calla Hummel 27. Navigating Ethical Issues and Choices in the Field Lauren Duquette-Rury 28. Digital Fieldwork: Opportunities and Challenges Lauren MacLean, Lahra Smith, and Diana Kapiszewski Part Four: Analyzing Qualitative Data 29. Reading Closely Antje Ellermann 30. The Role of Description Deborah Avant 31. Content Analysis Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana 32. Qualitative Social Network Analysis Jennifer Spindel 33. Process Tracing Amy Liu 34. Comparative Historical Analysis Prerna Singh 35. Discourse Analysis Tania Islas Weinstein 36. Qualitative Comparative Analysis Ioana-Elena Oana Part Five: Publishing Qualitative Research 37. Research Transparency in Qualitative Inquiry Diana Kapiszewski 38. Ethics of Transparency and Data Sharing Samantha Majic 39. Strategizing Fit and Legibility Shantel Buggs and Jennifer Sims 40. Publishing Qualitative Research Sara Wallace Goodman and Jennifer Cyr