1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790097703321

Autore

Hoglund Kristine

Titolo

Understanding Peace Research [[electronic resource] ] : Methods and Challenges

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2011

ISBN

0-203-82855-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ObergMagnus

Disciplina

303.6/6072

303.66072

Soggetti

Conflict management - Research

Conflict management - Research - Methodology

Conflict management --Research --Methodology

Conflict management --Research

Peace - Research

Peace - Research - Methodology

Peace --Research --Methodology

Peace --Research

Law, Politics & Government

International Relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Understanding Peace Research: Methods and challenges; Copyright; Contents; Boxes, figures and tables; About the contributors; Acknowledgements; Part I: Introduction; 1. Doing Empirical Peace Research; 2. The Origins of Contemporary: Peace Research; Part II: Evaluating Information; 3. Peace Research and Source Criticism?; 4. Gathering Conflict Information Using News Resources; 5. News Reports versus Written Narratives; Part III: The Practice of Information Gathering; 6. Systematic Data Collection; 7. Comparative Field Research in War-torn Societies; 8. In-depth Interviewing

9. Focus Groups10. Survey Research in Conflict and Post-conflict Societies; Part IV: Conclusions; 11. Improving Information Gathering and Evaluation; Bibliography; Index



Sommario/riassunto

This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of different methods and sources of information-gathering for peace and conflict students and researchers, as well as the challenges presented by such work. Research on conflict-ridden societies carries special challenges for the collection and evaluation of information about the conflict and its actors. First, due to the nature of information emerging, incentives to misrepresent and propaganda is common. News coverage is sometimes poor and reporting is often incomplete, selective and biased. Second, the sensitivity of the topic and the

2.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN00029372

Autore

Bruinier, Jan H.

Titolo

Borcherds products on O(2,l) and Chern classes of Heegner divisors / Jan H. Bruinier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; Heidelberg, : Springer, 2002

Titolo uniforme

Borcherds products on O(2,l) and Chern classes of Heegner divisors

ISBN

978-35-404-3320-0

Descrizione fisica

VIII, 152 p. ; 24 cm

Soggetti

11F23 - Relations with algebraic geometry and topology [MSC 2020]

11F27 - Theta series; Weil representation; theta correspondences [MSC 2020]

11F55 - Other groups and their modular and automorphic forms (several variables) [MSC 2020]

11F75 - Cohomology of arithmetic groups [MSC 2020]

14C22 - Picard groups [MSC 2020]

14C25 - Algebraic cycles [MSC 2020]

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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