Mixing Methods to Explain Emigration Policies: A Post-Positivist Perspective
| Autor: | Alan John Gamlen, Chris McIntyre |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Multimethodology
05 social sciences Perspective (graphical) Explanatory theory 0507 social and economic geography 050401 social sciences methods Public policy Education Emigration 0504 sociology Sociology Statistics Probability and Uncertainty Positive economics 050703 geography Positivism Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Mixing (physics) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Mixed Methods Research. 12:374-393 |
| ISSN: | 1558-6901 1558-6898 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1558689818782822 |
| Popis: | Growing numbers of researchers are using mixed methods to study migration, often highlighting the practical reasons connected with policy engagement. However, in this article we emphasize epistemological and theoretical rather than purely practical reasons for using mixed methods in the study of migration. Specifically, we argue that mixed methods designs are well suited to research that attempts to explain sociopolitical action within a post-positivist epistemological framework. We provide an example of this approach in the Diaspora Engagement Policies Project, a 5-year project to explain the global proliferation of formal government institutions for emigrants and their descendants. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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