Interview Method in State Capitalism Literature: Main Issues and Suggestions

Authors : Hüseyin Emrah KARAOĞUZ
Pages : 99-116
Doi:10.18037/ausbd.1227318
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Publication Date : 2022-12-31
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :Interview technique is one of the widely used methods in social sciences. This article examines how the interview method is applied in state capitalism literature. First, using the ISI Web of Science insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(WoS); database, it identifies 25 articles insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(among 177); that used the interview method in their analyses on state capitalism. The keyword “state capitalism” is searched in all SSCI articles insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(titles, abstracts, keywords, etc.); to find contributions on state capitalism insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(WoS categories of Political Science, Public Administration, Economics, International Relations, and Sociology);. Then, the article investigates how the method is applied in these works. It highlights that practitioners of the interview method seldom engage with the related methodological literature. Despite intriguing debates and valuable contributions, how the interview method is drawn on to support analyses and drive main arguments are not generally clear. Thus, more engagement with the methodological literature would be useful in more explicitly and systematically describing insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(i); the execution of the method insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(date, length, mode, etc.);, insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ii); elaboration of saturation, and insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(iii); how the interview data are analyzed and presented to the readers, including coding, use of software, and use of direct quotations.
Keywords : State Capitalism, Methodology, Interview Method, International Political Economy, Political Economy of Development

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