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Reflections on interviewing elites
Author(s) -
Rice Gareth
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
area
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2009.00898.x
Subject(s) - negotiation , interview , power (physics) , sociology , public relations , political science , social science , anthropology , physics , quantum mechanics
This paper presents one case of the particularities of power. Drawing upon interviews with UK‐based elites, I unpack the general with the specific through discussing how I experienced power as a relational effect of social interaction. Within the parameters of a collaborative research project, this involved the challenge of gaining access to and interviewing elites as means to explore the role of a flagship shopping mall as part of a wider urban regeneration agenda. I conclude with some recommendations on how to negotiate the unequal power relations between elites and researchers.