ISSN:
1461-7064
Content:
We propose a framework for citizen social science that brings together three reinforcing elements of a research project – scale, citizen-leadership, and publicness – to improve qualitative research. Our framework was born out of necessity; a desire to involve ordinary citizens, in researching public issues, with limited funding. We illustrate the application of our framework using insights from research we have led, involving first, a series of qualitative studies of state and civil society organizations working on community engagement by three separate years of public policy students; and second, a qualitative study on the system for processing salary and injury disputes for low-waged migrant workers in Singapore conducted by over 100 volunteers and activists. Drawing on a review of the literature and our own experiences, we speak to the advantages and trade-offs of adopting this approach and suggest practical methods for conducting citizen social science.
In:
Current sociology, London [u.a.] : Sage, 1952, 71(2023), 6, Seite 1019-1039, 1461-7064
In:
volume:71
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year:2023
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number:6
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pages:1019-1039
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1177/00113921211056057
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