Research Methods in Politics
Research Methods in Politics
(jointly authored with P Burnham, Zyg Layton-Henry and K Gilland), Palgrave 2004
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Synopsis |
| This major new text provides a comprehensive introduction to the main research methods employed in the study of politics, an assessment of their strengths and limitations, and an account of their relationship to the evolution of the discipline of political science. Illustrated throughout with boxed examples of real political research, the book ranges widely from substantial coverage of statistical methods to the use of archives, interviews, discourse analysis and the internet. Two concluding chapters cover ethical issues and the relationship between theories and methods with a special emphasis on combining traditions and approaches. |
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Contents |
| Introduction: Methods, Methodology and Making Sense of the Study of Politics The Discipline of Politics Research Design Comparative Methodology Surveys and Opinion Polls Descriptive Statistics Making Inferences Documentary and Archival Analysis The Internet and Political Research Elite Interviewing Participant Observation and the Analysis of Communications Ethics and Political Research Conclusion: Challenging the Mainstream and the Qualitative/Quantitative Divide |
