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This is a substantially revised and improved second edition of a book already established as the leading introductory research methods text for political science outside North America.This book covers a very broad range of methods. It is very accessibly written with many examples throughout drawn fr...
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Basingstoke, Hampshire [u.a.]
Palgrave Macmillan
2008
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| Ausgabe: | 2. ed. |
| Schriftenreihe: | Political analysis
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| Zusammenfassung: | This is a substantially revised and improved second edition of a book already established as the leading introductory research methods text for political science outside North America.This book covers a very broad range of methods. It is very accessibly written with many examples throughout drawn from a wide range of countries and political systems. 2nd edition is more systematically international in scope, is updated throughout and has additional coverage of discourse analysis.The second edition of this popular text provides a comprehensive introduction to the main research methods employed in the study of politics and assessment of their strengths and limitations and of ethical issues in research. It has been revised and updated throughout, and a new chapter considers the relationship between research and policy. |
| Beschreibung: | XII, 370 S. graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 9780230019850 9780230019843 |
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| adam_text | Contents
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
viii
Preface
xi
List of Abbreviations
xii
Introduction: Methods, Methodology and Making
Sense of the Study of Politics
1
Guiding themes
2
Structure of the book
5
1
The Discipline of Politics
9
The diverse traditions of political science
9
Dominant paradigms
19
Political studies or political science: some methodological
considerations
30
2
Research Design and the Research Process
38
The meaning of research design
39
The research process
45
The research labyrinth
53
Types of research design
55
Conclusion
68
3
Comparative Methods
69
Comparative political science: substance and method
70
Designing comparative research
73
Why compare? The advantages
80
The limits of comparison
83
Cases: how many, and which?
87
Conclusion
94
4
Surveys, Polls and Focus Groups
96
Surveys, opinion polls and politics
97
History of opinion polls and surveys
99
Sampling procedures
102
Types of sample design
103
Administering surveys
108
Interviewing
123
vi
Contents
Coding and analysis
125
Focus groups
128
Conclusion
136
5
Descriptive Statistics
138
Levels of measurement, central tendency and spread
140
Choosing descriptive statistics
151
Presenting descriptive statistics
153
All that glitters
... 166
Conclusion
169
6
Making Inferences
171
What is inference?
172
Inference
-
logic and problems
177
Inferences in political science
179
Conclusion
186
7
Documentary and Archival Analysis
187
Use and abuse of secondary and tertiary documentary
sources in political science
190
The analysis of primary sources
195
Research in the Public Record Office (the UK s National
Archives) and the National Archives, Washington
200
Conclusion: the value and limits of documentary and
archival analysis
208
8
The Internet and Political Research
213
Searching the internet
216
Electronic resources for political research
218
Online polling
224
Elite interviewing online
228
Conclusions
230
9
Elite Interviewing
231
Decide who you want to see
233
Get access and arrange the interview
235
Conduct the interview
238
Analyse the results
245
Conclusions
246
10
Discourse Analysis and Other Methods
248
Discourse analysis
249
Content analysis
259
The advantages and limitations of content analysis
264
Participant observation
264
Conclusion
281
Contents
vii
11
Ethics and Political Research
282
The nature of ethical problems
283
Two broad approaches to ethical problems
284
Five basic ethical principles
286
The relationship with sponsors
288
Gatekeepers
292
Citizens
295
The problem of fraud in research
296
Professional codes of conduct
298
Conclusions
303
12
Research and the Policy Process
305
The demand side: what policymakers want from
researchers
305
The supply side: what researchers can provide
310
The mediating effect of national structures and cultures
313
Bridging the gap
318
How could the contribution of research to policymaking
be improved?
322
Conclusion
324
13
Conclusion: Challenging the Mainstream and the
Qualitative/Quantitative Divide
325
Feminist methods?
325
Anti-racist and Marxist challenges
330
Theory, methods and the qualitative/quantitative divide
331
Suggestions for Further Reading
335
References
340
Index
361
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Contents
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
viii
Preface
xi
List of Abbreviations
xii
Introduction: Methods, Methodology and Making
Sense of the Study of Politics
1
Guiding themes
2
Structure of the book
5
1
The Discipline of Politics
9
The diverse traditions of political science
9
Dominant paradigms
19
Political studies or political science: some methodological
considerations
30
2
Research Design and the Research Process
38
The meaning of research design
39
The research process
45
The research labyrinth
53
Types of research design
55
Conclusion
68
3
Comparative Methods
69
Comparative political science: substance and method
70
Designing comparative research
73
Why compare? The advantages
80
The limits of comparison
83
Cases: how many, and which?
87
Conclusion
94
4
Surveys, Polls and Focus Groups
96
Surveys, opinion polls and politics
97
History of opinion polls and surveys
99
Sampling procedures
102
Types of sample design
103
Administering surveys
108
Interviewing
123
vi
Contents
Coding and analysis
125
Focus groups
128
Conclusion
136
5
Descriptive Statistics
138
Levels of measurement, central tendency and spread
140
Choosing descriptive statistics
151
Presenting descriptive statistics
153
All that glitters
. 166
Conclusion
169
6
Making Inferences
171
What is inference?
172
Inference
-
logic and problems
177
Inferences in political science
179
Conclusion
186
7
Documentary and Archival Analysis
187
Use and abuse of secondary and tertiary documentary
sources in political science
190
The analysis of primary sources
195
Research in the Public Record Office (the UK's National
Archives) and the National Archives, Washington
200
Conclusion: the value and limits of documentary and
archival analysis
208
8
The Internet and Political Research
213
Searching the internet
216
Electronic resources for political research
218
Online polling
224
Elite interviewing online
228
Conclusions
230
9
Elite Interviewing
231
Decide who you want to see
233
Get access and arrange the interview
235
Conduct the interview
238
Analyse the results
245
Conclusions
246
10
Discourse Analysis and Other Methods
248
Discourse analysis
249
Content analysis
259
The advantages and limitations of content analysis
264
Participant observation
264
Conclusion
281
Contents
vii
11
Ethics and Political Research
282
The nature of ethical problems
283
Two broad approaches to ethical problems
284
Five basic ethical principles
286
The relationship with sponsors
288
Gatekeepers
292
Citizens
295
The problem of fraud in research
296
Professional codes of conduct
298
Conclusions
303
12
Research and the Policy Process
305
The demand side: what policymakers want from
researchers
305
The supply side: what researchers can provide
310
The mediating effect of national structures and cultures
313
Bridging the gap
318
How could the contribution of research to policymaking
be improved?
322
Conclusion
324
13
Conclusion: Challenging the Mainstream and the
Qualitative/Quantitative Divide
325
Feminist methods?
325
Anti-racist and Marxist challenges
330
Theory, methods and the qualitative/quantitative divide
331
Suggestions for Further Reading
335
References
340
Index
361 |
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