Renegade Researchers, Radical Religions, Recalcitrant Ethics Boards: Towards the “McDonaldization” of Social Research in North America

Since the rise of the new “ethics culture” in the USA and Canada, there has been a noticeable decline in field research on new, controversial religions and social movements. This study examines some of the new administrative obstacles to research, as experienced by twelve researchers in the course o...

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Main Author: Palmer, Susan J. 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox [2018]
In: Fieldwork in religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 239-258
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B New religion / Fundamentalism / Field-research / Problem / Ethics committee
IxTheo Classification:AA Study of religion
KBQ North America
NCJ Ethics of science
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