Research Methods in Human Rights: A Handbook: Second Edition (Handbooks of Research Methods in Law series)

In this thoroughly revised second edition, editors Bård A. Andreassen, Claire Methven O’Brien and Hans-Otto Sano continue to advance current discussions on human rights research methodology, bringing together an array of leading scholars to offer instruction and guidance on different approaches to the subject area. Research Methods in Human Rights bridges the methodological deficit that is often compounded by the interdisciplinary nature of human rights research, providing an up-to-date assessment of the topic. New chapters include discussions of comparative human rights law, qualitative methods of data generation and analysis, methodological challenges facing human rights-based approaches, and the impact of new and emerging digital technologies. Crucially, the book effectively explores the complexities which arise when conducting human rights research at the crossroads of different academic disciplines, and puts forward an agenda for best practice. Offering a contemporary overview of this ever-evolving subject, this Research Handbook will be an excellent reference tool for academics, researchers and students in human rights, law and development, public international law and development studies. Given the recent prominence of human rights discourse at both national and international levels, this book will also be of great benefit to human rights practitioners and policy-makers. Front Matter Copyright Contents Figures Tables Boxes Contributors Preface 1. Introduction to Research Methods in Human Rights: approaches and trends in human rights methodology and methods PART I HUMAN RIGHTS RESEARCH AND LEGAL APPROACHES 2. Legal methodologies and human rights legal research: challenges and opportunities 3. Comparative human rights law 4. Studying human rights in plural legal contexts: an exploration of water laws in Zimbabwe PART II HUMAN RIGHTS RESEARCH IN SOCIAL SCIENCE AND THE HUMANITIES 5. Comparative analyses and institutional pluralism in human rights research 6. Economics and human rights 7. From the normative to the transnational: methods in the study of human rights history 8. The potential of ethnographic methods for human rights research PART III QUALITATIVE METHODS IN HUMAN RIGHTS RESEARCH 9. Qualitative methods of data generation and analysis 10. Inside the organization: methods of researching human rights and organizational dynamics PART IV QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN HUMAN RIGHTS RESEARCH 11. Quantitative methods in advocacy-oriented human rights research 12. A comparative assessment of composite measures of human rights performance 13. Social network analysis in human rights research PART V CHALLENGES AND PRACTICES IN HUMAN RIGHTS RESEARCH 14. Research ethics for human rights researchers 15. Mixed methods in human rights research 16. Human rights-based approaches: methodological challenges 17. Researching the human rights impact of new and emerging digital technologies 18. Assessing work at the intersection of health and human rights: why, how and who? Index