Inequality Lecture 2

Question 1

• Epistemology
• Ontology
• Discipline
• Theoretical approach
• Methods

Answer 1

• Interpretivist
• Constructivist
• Criminology
• Feminist, intersectional
• Qualitative, feminist

Question 2

Kimberlé Crenshaw

Answer 2

• “Intersectionality is a metaphor for how multiple forms of inequality or disadvantage sometimes compound themselves, and create obstacles that are often not understood in conventional ways of thinking.”
• In the USA, African American schoolgirls are 6 times more likely to be suspended than white girls - a race AND gender issue.

Question 3

Research practice

Answer 3

• Overwhelming scholarly and policy focus on the foreign fighter phenomenon.
• Sampling/selection: over-reliance on foreigners’ social media.

Question 4

Data

Answer 4

• Social desirability - during and after IS rule.

Question 5

Research design - case study: Islamic state

Answer 5

• Intra-case comparison: how is governance exploited and impacted women based on intersecting axes of identity.

Question 6

Research methods

Answer 6

• Qualitative: fieldwork and remote in-depth interviews.
• Sample: Iraqi, Syrian, Kurdish women.
• Diversity: age, socioeconomic background, marital status, ethnicity, religion, group affiliation.
• Analysis: narrative.

Question 7

Findings

Answer 7

Governance as oppressions
- Representation
- Utility
- Violence