This book is the first comprehensive methodological and empirical synthesis in the field of strategic studies in France. Read More
The growing number of constraints on academic freedom highlights one of the most worrying dimensions of strategic studies: conducting "sensitive" fieldworks can expose academics to considerable risks to their physical and moral integrity; beyond the methodological challenges they raise.
This book aims to document and shed new light on these issues by compiling twenty-three investigations carried out in armed conflict zones, authoritarian states, and political-military institutions.
From a multi-disciplinary and inclusive perspective, the authors offer a reflexive analysis of their research topics and provide up-to-date methodological insights into these "sensitive" fieldworks.
With its wealth of comparative experiences, this book thus makes a major and welcome contribution to the development of francophone strategic studies.