Fieldwork and interviewing : researching shale gas protests

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Maierean, Andreea Raluca, author

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This case study offers an examination of the in-depth interviews with experts and activists involved in the large-scale anti-fracking protests in Central and Eastern Europe. With the aim of collect...

This case study offers an examination of the in-depth interviews with experts and activists involved in the large-scale anti-fracking protests in Central and Eastern Europe. With the aim of collecting original and comprehensive information, I organized a fieldwork trip to five different locations in Romania where citizens mobilized in large numbers against shale gas exploration. Snowball sampling was the method used to select respondents for the in-depth interviews. In order to explain why local hostility remains the largest obstacle to unconventional gas development in the region, I interviewed journalists, academics, geologists, protest leaders, protest participants, and local officials.

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