When a Heart Turns Rock Solid: The Lives of Three Puerto Rican Brothers On and Off the Streets

Sánchez, José Ramón

doi:10.1177/0094306110380384e

Cited by 4 publications

(5 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Gatekeepers may rescind permission at any time (Contreras 2019;Gibson-Light and Seim 2020). Participants may be skeptical of researchers who will "cut and run," taking only what they need and leaving the population behind (Black 2009). Power dynamics pervaded access in different ways.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

What Do We Mean By a “Hard-to-reach” Population? Legitimacy Versus Precarity as Barriers to Access

Ellis

2021

Sociological Methods & Research

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Numerous articles and textbooks advise qualitative researchers on accessing “hard-to-reach” or “hidden” populations. In this article, I compare two studies that I conducted with justice-involved women in the United States: a yearlong ethnography inside a state women’s prison and an interview study with formerly incarcerated women. Although these two populations are interconnected—and both are widely deemed hard-to-reach—the barriers to access differed. In the prison study, hard-to-reach reflected an issue of institutional legitimacy, in which researchers must demonstrate themselves and their proposed study as legible, appropriate, and worthy to organizational gatekeepers. In the reentry study, hard-to-reach reflected an issue of structural precarity, in which researchers must navigate the everyday vulnerabilities of research participants’ social position to ensure the study is inclusive and feasible. Juxtaposing these two experiences, I propose greater nuance to the term hard-to-reach such that researchers may proactively address institutional and structural barriers to access.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

What Do We Mean By a “Hard-to-reach” Population? Legitimacy Versus Precarity as Barriers to Access

Ellis

2021

Sociological Methods & Research

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Asking someone to participate in an interview, help connect you to social ties, or facilitate access to a field site can be nerve-wracking. In traditional in-person studies, researchers have compiled a range of approaches for success, including strategies of embodiment and building rapport (Goffman 1989;Black 2010;Garcia et al 2009;Hoang 2015;Lareau 2021). I also had luck adapting "old school" strategies to recruitment in the digital era.…”

Section: Strategies For a Successful Askmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ghosted: Challenges to Conducting Qualitative Research in the Digital Era

Sackett

2024

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Electronic forms of communication—including email, texting, and social media platforms—have increased the speed and ease of communication. Yet, a rise in non-response and ghosting (when someone ceases communication without an explanation) has been documented across contexts, from romantic dating to quantitative research studies. Surprisingly, the rise of electronic communication has received little attention in the methodological literature for qualitative researchers. Based on an analysis of virtual and face-to-face recruitment in two qualitative studies I conducted, I find that ghosting is a routine feature of digital recruitment. There are situational contexts in which ghosting is more common, including lags in the timing of communication and requests that are too overwhelming. “Old-school” methods, such as seeking sponsorship, strategizing outreach, and building rapport, can be adapted to help researchers capitalize on the benefits of electronic communication technologies in recruitment.

show abstract

“…Thus, students and young employees are now regularly informed that the “restrictive” one‐career life is over, and that they will have the “opportunity” to develop a “flexible,” “do‐it‐yourself” career (e.g., Kunda, 1992, p. 122‐125). Such impulses have multiple parallels across disparate kinds of work settings, as when truckers are encouraged to become owner‐operator truckers, “owning” their truck (mortgaged to a bank of course) and assuming all the risks of its value, insurance, repairs, and upkeep (Black, 2009; Smith, Bensman & Marvy, 2010), or when functions traditionally handled in‐house are outsourced to employees misclassified as “independent contractors” who typically work without the integral provision of any pension, healthcare or other such benefits. The spread of contingent labor throughout the economy has increased precarity and undermined the feasibility of life planning at every stage of the life course (Barker & Christensen, 1998; Hatton, 2011; Gonos & Martino, 2011).…”

Section: Neoliberalism and The Collapse Of The Institutionalized Life...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Age‐Differentiated vs. Age‐Integrated: Neoliberal Policy and the Future of the Life Course

Dannefer¹,

Lin²,

Gonos³

2021

Journal of Elder Policy

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Observing the human costs for persons of all ages of the institutionalized tripartite life course (ILC) characterizing advanced postindustrial societies, gerontological pioneer Matilda White Riley proposed an "age-integrated" alternative that would support a more balanced engagement with education, work, and leisure (i.e., retirement) across the life course. Without denying the kinds of manifest benefits that the ILC has provided to modern citizens (notably enhanced educational opportunities and retirement support), Riley rightly pointed out the opportunities lost due to the restrictions imposed by the normative age-graded or age-differentiated model of the "three-box" life course. However, both the age-segmented ILC and the age-integrated alternative envisioned by Riley have presupposed the broad floor of support of essential components of the life course (i.e., education, work and retirement/leisure) provided by the post-World War II social contract. We demonstrate that this floor of support has been dangerously eroded by the neoliberal turn in social policy, which has undermined that social contract. Ironically, the ideas of a more individualized or "flexible" life course are often co-opted to legitimate the off-loading of risk to individuals that is integral to neoliberal policy. In reality, viable implementation of Riley's proposed age-integrated

show abstract

When a Heart Turns Rock Solid: The Lives of Three Puerto Rican Brothers On and Off the Streets

Cited by 4 publications

References 0 publications

What Do We Mean By a “Hard-to-reach” Population? Legitimacy Versus Precarity as Barriers to Access

What Do We Mean By a “Hard-to-reach” Population? Legitimacy Versus Precarity as Barriers to Access

Ghosted: Challenges to Conducting Qualitative Research in the Digital Era

Age‐Differentiated vs. Age‐Integrated: Neoliberal Policy and the Future of the Life Course

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About