TY  - BOOK
AU  - Burnham,Peter
TI  - Research methods in politics
SN  - 9780230019843 (hbk.)
AV  - JA86 .R423 2008
U1  - 320.072 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Basingstoke
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Political science
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
N1  - Previous ed.: Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2004; economic&political bookfair2015; Introduction: Methods, Methodology and Making Sense of the Study of Politics.- The Discipline of Politics.- Research Design.- Comparative Methods.- 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.- Research and the Policy Process.- Conclusion: Challenging the Mainstream and the Qualitative/Quantitative Divide
N2  - 	
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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0906/2009293415.html
ER  -