Challenges of Using Collaborative Methodologies in Surveying Political Trust in Haiti

Everyday Democracy Indicators? How the Study of Democracy Illuminates the Value (and Challenges) of Collaborative Methodologies

“…In countries where political leaders actively subvert formal institutions or repress dissent among specific groups, citizens might refrain from such a politically sensitive discussion. After the focus groups generate indicators, survey design must attend carefully to the types of framing and priming effects identified by Dorussen and Bakaki (2021) in this symposium.…”

“…More specifically, the production of “participatory numbers” relies on participants to define key terms and potential measures and, at times, to collect data (Gaillard et al 2016). In this symposium alone, authors apply collaborative methodologies to the study of political trust (Dorussen, Bakaki, and Kolbe 2021), peace (Levy and Firchow 2021; Thomson 2021), and climate change (Asiamah, Awal, and MacLean 2021). Collaborative methodologies promise many benefits, but chief among them is a new balance between subjectivity and objectivity.…”