RT Article
T1 Taking sides?: issues of bias and partisanship when researching socio-political conflict
JF Critical criminology
VO 25
IS 2
SP 231
OP 244
A1 Ellefsen, Rune
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/184890228X
AB The article unpacks the issues of bias and partisanship - and the risk of being accused of these - which confront social scientists who study socio-political conflict. Drawing on the author’s experience when conducting research on the conflict between animal liberation activists and their state and corporate adversaries in Britain (1999-2014), the article argues for a relational research approach - focusing on the interaction between contending parties, rather than study stakeholders singly - as a way to overcome challenges of taking sides when studying socio-political conflict. The debate generated by Howard Becker’s classic essay "Whose side are we on?" (1967), now 50 years old, is used throughout the article as a point of reference for addressing the issues involved. The argument is made for constant reflexivity during research on radical social movements, and for "temporary bias" during qualitative fieldwork.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 243-244
K1 Animal Liberation
K1 Criminal Justice Agency
K1 Ethnographic Fieldwork
K1 Research Participant
K1 Social Movement
DO 10.1007/s10612-017-9355-x