TY  - BOOK
AU  - Marsh,David
AU  - Stoker,Gerry
TI  - Theory and methods in political science
T2  - Political analysis
SN  - 9780230576261 (hbk.)
AV  - JA71 .T497 2010
U1  - 320.01 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Basingstoke
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Political science
KW  - Methodology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-383) and index; Introduction; Gerry Stoker and David Marsh --; Introduction to Part 1; Gerry Stoker --; Behavioural analysis; David Sanders --; Rational choice; Andrew Hindmoor --; The institutional approach; Vivien Lowndes --; Constructivism and interpretive theory; Craig Parsons --; Political psychology; Paul 't Hart --; Feminism; Vicky Randall --; Marxism; Diarmuid Maguire --; Normative theory; Steve Buckler --; Introduction to Part 2; Gerry Stoker --; A skin not a sweater: ontology and epistemology in political science; Paul Furlong and David Marsh --; Meta-theoretical issues; David Marsh --; The challenge of research design; Bob Hanck©♭ --; Debating methods: rediscovering qualitative approaches; Ariadne Vromen --; Quantitative methods; Peter John --; The comparative method; Jonathan Hopkin --; The experimental method: prospects for laboratory and field studies; Helen Margetts and Gerry Stoker --; The relevance of political science; Guy Peters, Jon Pierre and Gerry Stoker
N2  - Now with substantial extra coverage of methodological issues and an additional chapter on the philosophy of politics, this widely-used text introduces students to the approaches and methods of political science; Now with substantial extra coverage of methodological issues and an additional chapter on the philosophy of politics, this widely-used text introduces students to the approaches and methods of political science
ER  -