How Field Relationships Shape Theorizing

Kathleen Blee

Sociological Methods & Research, 2019, vol. 48, issue 4, 739-762

Abstract: Field relationships shape the questions that researchers ask and the theories they develop. This article compares my interactions with research participants in a study of white supremacists with those in a study of mainstream grassroots activists. It demonstrates how expectations and negotiations with research participants affect theorizing by channeling what researchers are primed to see, what they notice, and what they understand as a puzzle to be investigated.

Keywords: field research; activism; racist; negotiation; rapport; ethnography (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1177/0049124117701482

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