2.1 Interviews as a Research Method
2.1.1 Gaining Access to Respondents
2.1.2 The Role of Gatekeepers
2.1.3 The Interview Process
2.2 Observations in the Field
2.3 The Case Study Method
2.3.1 The Case Study Regions
2.3.2 Moscow
2.3.3 Sverdlovsk
2.3.4 Tver.
2.3.5 Kaluga
2.4 Analysing the Data
2.4.1 Pre-Fieldwork Analysis
2.4.2 Analysis in the Field
2.4.3 Post-Fieldwork Analysis
2.5 Ethical Concerns
2.6 My Role as Researcher and its Impact on the Research
Process