Political Activist Ethnography : Studies in the Social Relations of Struggle

Table of Contents

• Cover 1
• Half Title 2
• Title 4
• Copyright 5
• Dedication 6
• Contents 8
• Introduction: Institutional Ethnography and Political Activist Ethnography in Context 12
• Part 1 Direct Action: The Sociology of Confrontation 28
• 1. “Don’t Study Us—Study Them”: Political Activist Ethnography and Activist Ethics in Practice 30
• 2. Direct Action as Political Activist Ethnography: Activist Research in the Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty 48
• 3. Looking into the Mouth of Premier David Alward’s Trojan Horse: Responsible Environmental Management of Shale Gas in New Brunswick, Canada 74
• 4. Research from the Ground Up: Reflections on Activist Research Practice and Political Activist Ethnography 106
• Part 2 Research as Policy Intervention and Critique of Institutions 126
• 5. From an Institutional Absence to Radical Action: A Political Activist Ethnography Project in Aotearoa / New Zealand 128
• 6. North-South Partnership and Capacity Building: Tracing Ruling Relations in the Canadian-Bangladeshi Partnership Between Social Justice NGOs 148
• 7. Mandatory HIV Screening Policy and Everyday Life: A Look Inside the Canadian Immigration Medical Examination 168
• Part 3 Frontline Research and the Ethics of Engagement 190
• 8. Studying Out: Institutional Ethnographic Fieldwork as Post-incarceration Activism 192
• 9. Double Ethics, Double Burden: Professionalism, Activism, and Institutional Ethnography 214
• 10. Objectivity Regimes: Challenges for Activist Research in the Academy 240
• Conclusion 260
• Postscript: Looking Back, Looking Forward 270
• Contributors 272