James Beebe

Rapid Assessment Process (eBook, ePUB)

An Introduction

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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RapidAssessment Process (RAP) has gone under many names but invariably uses the techniques of fieldwork and ethnography in a telescoped manner to provide solid, field-based research findings for use by policymakers and program planners. It uses an emic perspective, a team of researchers, triangulation of research findings, and iterative process to produce high-quality research in a fraction of the time taken by traditional ethnography. Long used for third world projects, RAP is now being used to inform policy in many different settings. This volume is the first introduction to this group of methods, explaining to researchers and to students how to do RAP research well. The author, an international development professional who has been doing RAP studies for over two decades, clearly outlines the process, promise and pitfalls of RAP in this brief volume. Included are many examples of successful RAP studies and clear guidance to readers on how to embark on their own RAP research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780759117020
• Artikelnr.: 39892704

Autorenporträt

James Beebe

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: To RAP or Not to RAP and the Basic Concepts
Chapter Two: Data Collection: Triangulation and Getting the Insider's
Perspective
Chapter Three: Iterative Analysis and Additional Data Collection
Chapter Four: Teamwork: Polish State Farms and the Community College
Chapter Five: Trusting RAP
Chapter Six: Successful RAP
Chapter Seven: Who Benefits, Who Pays, and Who Calls the Tune
Chapter Eight: The RAP Family Tree
Appendix A. Executive Summary, Community College RAP
Appendix B. Executive Summary, Polish State Farms RAP
Appendix C. Learning to RAP
Appendix D. Glossary of Terms
References