Social Science Research Ethics for a Globalizing World

Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Keerty Nakray, Margaret Alston, Kerri Whittenbury

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2015
• eBook ISBN: 9781134748181
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Ethics & Moral Philosophy
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Research in the humanities and social sciences thrives on critical reflections that unfold with each research project, not only in terms of knowledge created, but in whether chosen methodologies served their purpose. Ethics forms the bulwark of any social science research methodology and it requires continuous engagement and reengagement for the greater advancement of knowledge. Each chapter in this book will draw from the empirical knowledge created through intensive fieldwork and provide an account of ethical questions faced by the contributors, placing them in the context of contemporary debates surrounding the theory and practice of ethics. The chapters have been thematically organized into five sections: Feminist Ethics: Cross-Cultural Reflections and Its Implications for Change; Researching Physical and Sexual Violence in Non-Academic Settings: A Need for Ethical Protocols; Human Agency, Reciprocity, Participation and Activism: Meanings for Social Science Research Ethics; Emotions, Conflict and Dangerous Fields: Issues of "Safety" and Reflective Research; and Social Science Education: Training in Ethics or "Ethical Training" and "Ethical Publicizing." This inter-disciplinary volume will interest students and researchers in academic and non-academic settings in core disciplines of Anthropology, Sociology, Law, Political Science, International Relations, Geography, or inter-disciplinary degrees in Development Studies, Health Studies, Public Health Policy, Social Policy, Health Policy, Psychology, Peace and Conflict studies, and Gender Studies. The book features a foreword by His Holiness The Dalai Lama.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Routledge Advances in Research Methods
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Figures
• Tables
• Abbreviations
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Social Science Research Ethics An Introduction
• PART I Feminist Ethics: Cross-Cultural Reflections and Its Implications for Change
• 1 Social Science Research Ethics for a Globalizing World A Critical Overview of Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Perspectives
• 2 Gender and HIV/AIDS in India Critical Reflections on the Feminist Research Ethics of “Making an Impact”
• 3 Lessons from the Field Cross-Cultural Gender Research
• 4 The Ethics of Political Correctness
• 5 Exploring Maternal Mental Health in Central Vietnam through Community-Based Participatory Research
• 6 Gender and Ethics Exploring the Role Gender Plays in How People Perceive and Experience Research Participation
• PART II Researching Physical and Sexual Violence in Nonacademic Settings: A Need for Ethical Protocols
• 7 The Challenges, Best Practices and Pitfalls of Research on Physical and Sexual Violence Conducted by Humanitarian Actors in Emergencies A Comparison
• 8 Ethical Issues in a Research on Mistreatment, Sexual Abuse and Rape of Children in Peru
• PART III Human Agency, Reciprocity, Participation and Activism: Meanings for Social Science Research Ethics
• 9 “Rights, Relationship and Reciprocity” Ethical Research Practice with Refugee Women from Burma in New Delhi, India
• 10 Dangers in Fieldwork Research Ethics and the Predicament of Self-Harm in Anthropological Research
• 11 Transforming the Lens of Vulnerability Human Agency as an Ethical Consideration in Research with Refugees
• 12 Ethical Reflections in Qualitative Research on Father Absence from South Africa
• PART IV Emotions, Conflict and Dangerous Fields: Issues of “Safety” and Reflective Research
• 13 Coping with the Barbarian Syndrome The Challenges of Researching Civilian-Military Interaction “from Below” in the Eastern DR Congo
• 14 Fieldwork and Safety in Social Science Research Ethics in China A Comparative Gender Lens
• PART V Social Science Education: Training in Ethics or “Ethical Training” and “Ethical Publicizing”
• 15 Ethics of Analysis and Publication in International Development
• 16 Vicarious and Secondary Trauma in Interviews on Father Identity and Connections
• 17 Vicarious Trauma and Safety Protocols for Sensitive Feminist Research Reflections on the Research Process of Transcribing and Translating Interviews with HIV-Positive Women in India
• Conclusion
• Contributors
• Index