Sandra Halperin (Professor of Professor of International Relations, Oliver Heath (Professor of Politics, Professor of Politics, Royal H

Political Research: Methods and Practical Skills

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Produktbeschreibung

The most accessible and practical guide to research methods written especially for politics and international relations students.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 3 Revised edition
• Erscheinungstermin: April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 189mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 1008g
• ISBN-13: 9780198820628
• ISBN-10: 0198820623
• Artikelnr.: 58565544

Autorenporträt

Sandra Halperin, Professor of International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London, and Oliver Heath, Professor of Politics, Royal Holloway, University of London

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Political Research
* PART I: PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE: KNOWLEDGE AND KNOWING IN SOCIAL
SCIENCE RESEARCH
* 2: Forms of Knowledge: Laws, Explanation, and Interpretation in the
Study of the Social World
* 3: Objectivity and Values
* PART II: HOW TO DO RESEARCH: AN OVERVIEW
* 4: Asking Questions: How to Find and Formulate Research Questions
* 5: Finding Answers: Theories and How to Apply Them
* 6: Research Design
* 7: What is Data?
* PART III: HOW TO DO RESEARCH IN PRACTICE
* 8: Experimental Research
* 9: Comparative Research
* 10: Historical research
* 11: Surveys
* 12: Interviewing and Focus Groups
* 13: Ethnography and Participant Observation
* 14: Textual Analysis
* 15: Quantitative Analysis: Description and Inference
* 16: Patterns of Association: Bivariate Analysis
* 17: A Guide to Multivariate Analysis