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9780199558414

Researching Politics Methods and Practical Skills

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  • ISBN13:

    9780199558414

  • ISBN10:

    0199558418

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-03-24
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

Is there a crisis of democracy and participation? Is conflict an inevitable consequence of religious, ethnic, and social difference? The answers to questions like this, whether they are provided by academics, politicians or journalists, can be inconsistent and contradictory. Sandra Halperin and Oliver Heath take a step-by-step approach to research methods, guiding the reader through how to ask and answer questions about the world of politics and international relations. They present practical advice on how to be critical and rigorous, both in terms of evaluating the research of others and doing your own research project. An Online Resource Centre accompanies the text and includes: For students: web links. For lecturers: additional case studies, activities and assignments.

Table of Contents


1. Issues in Political Research
I
PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE: KNOWLEDGE AND KNOWING IN SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
2. Laws, Explanation, and Interpretation
3. Methodological Individualism and Holism
4. Objectivity and Values
II
HOW TO DO RESEARCH: AN OVERVIEW
5. Asking Questions: research questions and how to find and formulate them
6. Finding Answers: theories and how to apply them
7. Research Design
III
HOW TO DO RESEARCH IN PRACTICE
8. Comparative Research
9. Surveys
10. Interviewing and Focus Groups
11. Ethnography and Participant Observation
12. Textual Analysis
13. Quantitative Analysis: Description and Inference
14. Patterns of Association: Bivariate Analysis
15. A Guide to Multivariate Analysis

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