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9780415246859

Doing Dissertations in Politics

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415246859

  • ISBN10:

    0415246857

  • Edition: Student
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-10-12
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

This guide has been designed to help undergraduates develop an understanding of practical research methods, and their application in the undergraduate dissertation. Written in an accessible and engaging style, it offers advice on all aspects of undergraduate research, from choosing a dissertation subject through to presenting the finished article.

Author Biography

David M. Silbergh teaches Research Methods at The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK.

Table of Contents

Illustrations
ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Doing Dissertations in Politics
1(19)
Research Design and the Dissertation
20(30)
Defining the Problem: the Research Proposal
50(23)
Refining the Problem: the Literature Review
73(16)
Deduction, Quantification and the Empirical Dissertation: Facing up to Feline Frolics
89(36)
Induction, Qualification and the Empirical Dissertation: Understanding Feline Fun
125(28)
Putting the Cat Out: the Theoretical Dissertation
153(11)
Making Sense of it all: Critical Thought and Data Analysis
164(13)
Making Sense of it all: Drafting, Completing and Submitting the Dissertation
177(4)
Bibliography 181(6)
Index 187

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