Research Interviews

Dr. Robert Kaiser is Professor of Comparative Politics and Political Theory at the University of Siegen (Germany).

• Preface.- Introduction.- The Conceptual Phase: The Nature of the Expert and Types of Knowledge.- The Operational Phase: Interview Guide, Interviewees, and Interview Situation.- The Analytical Phase: Securing Interview Data and Theory-Guided Analysis.- The Interpretational Phase: Making (scientifically relevant) sense of expert interviews.- Annotated Literature Selection.- References.