Researching local elites: reflexivity, ‘situatedness’ and political-temporal contingency |
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| Authors: | Kevin G Ward Martin Jones |
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| Institution: | a International Centre for Labour Studies and School of Geography, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK;b Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales, SY23 3DB, UK |
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| Abstract: | Since the late 1970s, the UK has experienced a series of changes in the mechanisms of governing local economic development. This paper considers the methodological consequences of these recent changes. Drawing on two local elite-based case studies, involving semi-structured interviews, we reflect on our acquired ‘situated knowledge’ and argue that this is related to the contingent nature of our respective research access. We advocate that an approach sensitive to ‘research situatedness’ (with respect to the politics of time as a ‘research moment’) is essential to avoid over generalising from our experiences. To address this concern, the paper offers two concepts for debate – political-temporal contingency and the mode of entry. |
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