1st Edition
Researching Non-state Actors in International Security Theory and Practice
1. Introduction: Researching Non-State Actors in International Security – A Multitude of Challenges, a Plurality of Approaches, Andreas Kruck and Andrea Schneiker
2. Conceptualizing Political Violence of Non-State Actors in International Security Research, Andreas Armborst
Part I: Interpreting Texts
3. Rebels without a Cause: Narrative Analysis as a Method for Research on Rebel Movements, Alexander Spencer
4. PMSCs and Twitter: Sentiment Analysis as a Tool for Evaluating Social Media Data, Magnus Dau and Marlen Martin
5. Semi-Structured Interviews with Non-State and Security Actors, Anja Mihr
6. Combining Semi-Structured Interviews and Document Analysis in a Study of Private Security Expertise, Joakim Berndtsson
7. Discussion Chapter: Comments on "Interpreting Texts", Jutta Joachim
Part II: Establishing Causal Claims
8. (Comparative) Case Studies: Combining Case Study Techniques for the Causal Analysis of Security Privatization, Andreas Kruck
9. Qualitative Comparative Analysis and the Study of Non-State Actors, Patrick Mello
10. Geospatial Analyses of Non-State Actors in Violent Conflicts, Alexander De Juan
11. Discussion Chapter: Shadow Boxing in Plato’s Cave: Assessing Causal Claims, Bertjan Verbeek
Part III: Doing Fieldwork
12. An Ethnographic Approach to Non-State Security: Participation Observation among Private Security Officers, Tessa Diphoorn
13. Using Experimental Methods in Post-Conflict Countries to Understand the Effects of Gender Reforms in the Liberian National Police, Sabrina Karim
14. Empirical Assessment of (Policy) Effectiveness: The Role of Business in Zones of Conflict, Melanie Coni-Zimmer and Klaus Dieter Wolf
15. Discussion Chapter: Practicing Reflexivity in Field Research, Jacqui True
Conclusions and Perspectives for Researching Non-State Actors in International Security
16. From Cookbooks to Dictionaries in the Making: Methodological Perspectives for Research of Non-State Actors and Processes, Anna Leander
Biography
Andreas Kruck is Assistant Professor of Global Governance at Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany, and co-author of International Organization (2012).
Andrea Schneiker is Professor of Political Science at the University of Siegen, Germany, and author of Humanitarian NGOs, (In)Security and Identity (Routledge, 2015).
