Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Maps, Figures, and Tables
- List of Acronyms
- Map: The Scope of Human Trafficking Policies in Eurasia
- Note on Transliterations, Place Names, and Permissions
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction: Diffusing the Politics of Human Trafficking from Europe to Asia
- 1 Contrasting Policy Approaches to Human Trafficking in Eurasia
- 2 Diffusing Human Trafficking Policy Adoption
- 3 Tracing the Development of Anti-Trafficking Institutions
- 4 Linkages Among Actors in Anti-Trafficking Networks
- 5 Uneven Implementation of Human Trafficking Policies
- 6 Empirical Comparisons of Human Trafficking Policy Across Eurasia
- Conclusion: The Implications of Human Trafficking Policies
- Methodological Appendix: Peeling Back the Research Process
- Appendix 1 Semi-Structured Interview Questions
- Appendix 2 Human Trafficking Policies in Eurasia
- Appendix 3 Typology of Human Trafficking Policies in Eurasia
- Appendix 4 Code Book for Content Analysis of Laws and Policies
- Appendix 5 Code Book for Content Analysis of Interviews
- Appendix 6 Quantitative Variable Coding and Sources
- Appendix 7 Scores for Human Trafficking Policy Index
- Bibliography
- Index
Methodological Appendix: Peeling Back the Research Process
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 March 2021
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Maps, Figures, and Tables
- List of Acronyms
- Map: The Scope of Human Trafficking Policies in Eurasia
- Note on Transliterations, Place Names, and Permissions
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction: Diffusing the Politics of Human Trafficking from Europe to Asia
- 1 Contrasting Policy Approaches to Human Trafficking in Eurasia
- 2 Diffusing Human Trafficking Policy Adoption
- 3 Tracing the Development of Anti-Trafficking Institutions
- 4 Linkages Among Actors in Anti-Trafficking Networks
- 5 Uneven Implementation of Human Trafficking Policies
- 6 Empirical Comparisons of Human Trafficking Policy Across Eurasia
- Conclusion: The Implications of Human Trafficking Policies
- Methodological Appendix: Peeling Back the Research Process
- Appendix 1 Semi-Structured Interview Questions
- Appendix 2 Human Trafficking Policies in Eurasia
- Appendix 3 Typology of Human Trafficking Policies in Eurasia
- Appendix 4 Code Book for Content Analysis of Laws and Policies
- Appendix 5 Code Book for Content Analysis of Interviews
- Appendix 6 Quantitative Variable Coding and Sources
- Appendix 7 Scores for Human Trafficking Policy Index
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This book takes a mixed methods approach to examining the diffusion of human trafficking laws in Eurasia through a gendered lens. It weaves both qualitative and quantitative methods into different chapters to uncover whether the variations in Eurasia concerning human trafficking policy adoption are due to internal determinants and/or from external pressure. The book consists of a comparative case study analysis with fieldwork in Russia, Latvia, and Ukraine using process tracing, participant observation, interviews, and items gathered in the field such as policy documents and archival data to determine adoption and implementation. The book chapters are comprised of a qualitative and quantitative content analysis of human trafficking policies in Eurasia, different quantitative approaches to network analysis, and statistical models on the whole region for policy adoption and implementation. This methodological appendix was inspired by Christine Cheng's research design scaffolding, peeling back her research approach by discussing the research process and how an idea for a dissertation transformed into a published book (Cheng, 2018). I reveal the reason for my choice of cases, the different impediments I faced during my fieldwork, and the ethics involved in conducting my research. I then examine more concretely my research process and the different methodological approaches, including: interviews, participant observation, archival research, content analysis, network analysis, and a statistical analysis. I uncover the technical and methodological facets to the qualitative and quantitative methods used in this book and the reasoning behind my choices of variables, sampling methods, and data compilation.
Fieldwork and research design
This research project began with the idea of investigating human trafficking policy in Eastern Europe with a feminist approach. Before starting my Ph.D. I volunteered as Fulbright student researcher with Marta Centre in Rīga, Latvia and saw first-hand the implementation of human trafficking policies and how non-governmental entities worked to have their voices heard in public policy making. As a result, I took this idea for a dissertation, and applied for every possible fellowship to fund my fieldwork research. This funding determined the length of time I was able to spend in every country because the main funding was for Ukraine; this was supplemented with shorter trips to Latvia and Russia before and after the academic year in Ukraine.
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- Diffusing Human Trafficking Policy in Eurasia , pp. 197 - 220Publisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2020