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Handbooks of Research Methods and Applications
Handbooks of research methods and applications. ^A1414356
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Front Matter; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction; PART I POLITICAL SCIENCE: RANGE, SCOPE AND CONTESTED METHODOLOGIES; 1 Political science; 2 Epistemology and approaches: logic, causation and explanation; 3 Taking critical ontology seriously: implications for political science methodology; 4 Relating theory and concepts to measurements: bridging the gap; 5 On time and space: the historical dimension in political science; 6 Systems theory: the search for a general theory of politics. |
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PART II APPROACHES: EXPLORING POLITICAL INTERACTIONS; 7 Applying multilevel governance; 8 Regime types: measuring democracy and autocracy; 9 Institutional analysis: progress and problems; 10 Political actors: parties-interest groups-government; 11 Social movements and political action; 12 International relations and transnational politics; 13 Political economy: economic miracles and socio-economic performance; 14 Political theory and its normative methods; PART III ANALYZING POLITICS: DATA-CONCEPTS-TECHNIQUES. |
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15 Organizing and developing data sets: exemplified by the Party Government Data Set; 16 Political institutions; 17 Studying voting behavior; 18 The role of high- quality surveys in political science research; 19 Quantitative data analysis in political science; 20 Models in political science: forms and purposes; 21 Qualitative methods in political science; 22 Multilevel regression analysis; PART IV RESEARCH TOOLS: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE APPLICATIONS; 23 Studying how policies affect the people: grappling with measurement, causality and the macro-micro divide; 24 Regression analysis. |
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25 Configurational comparative methods (QCA and fuzzy sets): complex causation in cross-case analysis; 26 Discourse analysis, social constructivism and text analysis: a critical overview; 27 Case study analysis; 28 Cluster analysis; 29 The logic of process tracing: contributions, pitfalls and future directions; PART V EVALUATION AND RELEVANCE OF RESEARCH OUTPUT; 30 Political science research and its political relevance; 31 What's methodology got to do with it? Public policy evaluations, observational analysis and RCTs; 32 Re-analysis, testability and falsification. |
| Abstract |
This Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art research methods and applications currently in use in political science. It combines theory and methodology (qualitative and quantitative), and offers insights into the major approaches and their roots in the philosophy of scientific knowledge. Including a comprehensive discussion of the relevance of a host of digital data sources, plus the dos and don'ts of data collection in general, the book also explains how to use diverse research tools and highlights when and how to apply these techniques. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| General note | 33 The art of publishing: how to report and submit your findings; Index. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Keman, Hans. Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Political Science. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire : Edward Elgar Publishing, ©2016 9781784710811 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781784710828 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1784710822 (electronic bk.) |
