Political Research 3rd Edition - Methods and Practical Skills

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

List of contents

• 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

About the author

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

Summary

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

Additional text

'I wish I had this book when I first started my degree. A great tool.' (Hal Meakin, Second Year Politics Student, Brunel University)

Product details

• Authors: Sandra Halperin, Sandra (Professor of International Relat Halperin, Sandra (Professor of International Relations Halperin, Halperin Sandra, Oliver Heath, Oliver (Professor of Politics Heath, Heath Oliver
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780198820628
• ISBN: 978-0-19-882062-8
• No. of pages: 528
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, REFERENCE / Research, International Relations, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Research methods: general, Research methods / methodology