2. Ethnography - Alternative Research Methodology

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Summary contents 5
3. Detailed contents 7
4. Acknowledgements 13
5. Preface 15
6. 1. Building a ‚Pro-Poor‘ Social Capital Framework 17
7. 2. Ethnography - Alternative Research Methodology 47
8. 3. Historical and Cultural Contexts of Mainland Chinese Migrants in Hong Kong 73
9. 4. Investing in Social Capital? - Considering the Paradoxes of Agency in Social Exchange 97
10. 5. ‚Getting the Social Relations Right‘? - Understanding Institutional Plurality and Dynamics 123
11. 6. Rethinking Authority and Power in the Structures of Relations 147
12. 7. Conclusions and Policy Implications 173
13. Notes 195
14. Bibliography 197
15. Annex 1 209
16. Annex 2 213
17. Index 217