O'Leary, Anna Ochoa.

Uncharted Terrains : New Directions in Border Research Methodology, Ethics, and Practice. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (318 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction, Anna Ochoa O'leary, Colin M. Deeds, and Scott Whiteford -- Part One: The Big Picture -- Chapter One. Vulnerable Immigrant "Subjects" : Definitions, Disparate Power, Dilemmas, and Desired Benefits, Jessie K. Finch and Celestino Fernández -- Chapter Two. The Good, the Bad, and the ugly: Border Research Collaboration, Kathleen Staudt -- Chapter Three. Dilemmas in Immigration Policy Research, Judith Gans -- Part Two: The Border as an Unstable Place -- Chapter Four. On Shifting Ground: The Conundrums of Participant Observation and Multi-Actor Ethnography in Contemporary Border Research, Rocío Magaña -- Chapter Five. Methodological Challenges and Ethical Concerns of Researching Marginalized and Vulerable Populations: Evidence from Firsthand Experiences of Working with Unauthorized Migrants: Daniel E. Martínez, Jeremy Slack and Prescott Vandervoet -- Chapter Six. Entre Los Mafiosos y La Chota: Ethnography, Drug Trafficking, and Policing in the South Texas-Mexico Borderlands, Santiago Ivan Guerra -- Chapter Seven. Shaping Public Opinion on Migration in Mexico: The Challenges of Gathering and Proving Information for the National News Media, Manuel Chavez, Scott Whiteford and Silvia Nuñez Garcia -- Part Three: Fieldwork among Entrapped Communities -- Chapter Eight. Researching Women's Vulnerability and Agency with Regard to Sexually Transmitted Diseases during Migration through Altar, Sonora: Methodological and Etchical Reflections, Katherine Careaga -- Chapter Nine. Reflections on Methodological Challenges in a Study of Immigrant Women and Reproductive Health in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region, Anna Ochoa O'leary, Gloria Ciria Valdez-Gardea, and Azucena Sánchez. Chapter Ten. Women, Migrants, Undocumented Business Owners: Methodological Strategies in Fieldwork with Vulnerable Populations: Erika Cecilia Montoya Zavala -- Chapter Eleven. Research on Oppressed Communities, Pat Rubio Goldsmith -- Part Four: A Fence on Its Side Is a Bridge -- Chapter Twelve. Methodological and Ethical Implications in the Design and Application of the Mexican Household Survey in Phoenix Arizona (EHMPA 2007), Blas Valenzuela Camacho -- Chapter Thirteen. Lessons for Border Research: The Border Contraceptive Access Study, Jon Amastae, Michele Shedlin, Kari White, Kristine Hopkins, Daniel A. Grossman, and Joseph E. Potter -- Chapter Fourteen. Social Research and Reflective Practice in Binational Contexts: Learning from Cross-Cultural Collaboration, Jack Corbett and Elsa Cruz Martínez -- Conclusion. Scott Whiteford, Anna Ochoa O'leary and Colin M. Deeds -- Editors -- Contributors -- Index.

9780816599165


Border security-Research-United States.
Emigration and immigration-Government policy-United States.
United States-Emigration and immigration.
United States-Boundaries-Mexico-Research.


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