Political Research: Methods and Practical Skills - Brossura

Halperin, Sandra; Heath, Oliver

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0199558418 ISBN 13: 9780199558414

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2012

Riassunto

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.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Sandra Halperin is Professor of International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London. Oliver Heath is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Royal Holloway, Unviersity of London.

Contenuti:

• 1: Political Research
• I
• PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE: KNOWLEDGE AND KNOWING IN SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
• 2: Laws, Explanation, and Interpretation
• 3: Objectivity and Values
• 4: Methodological Individualism and Holism
• 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: Experimental Research
• 9: Comparative Research
• 10: Surveys
• 11: Interviewing and Focus Groups
• 12: Ethnography and Participant Observation
• 13: Textual Analysis
• 14: Quantitative Analysis: Description and Inference
• 15: Patterns of Association: Bivariate Analysis
• 16: A Guide to Multivariate Analysis

Su questa edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0199558418
• ISBN 13: 9780199558414
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 456