New perspectives on political ethnography Political ethnography: What immersion contributes to the study of power

The goal of political scientists who seek to promote more ethnography in their discipline is to contribute, rather than radically transform. [...] the first chapter of the volume describes the contribution political ethnography can make to the familiar 'neopositivist' and 'interpretivist' research programmes in mainstream political science. Because the practice of democracy today is unquestionably being reinvented by alterglobalization and likeminded groups, the insights the ethnographic approach yields render it an indispensable tool for political scientists.