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Research methods in politics / Peter Burnham ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Political analysisPublisher: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008Edition: second editionDescription: xii, 370 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780230019843 (hbk.)
  • 0230019846 (hbk.)
  • 9780230019850 (pbk.)
  • 0230019854 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.072 22 R
LOC classification:
  • JA86 .R423 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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
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Books Books Main library A4 Faculty of Economics & Political (Political) 320.072 R (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00012358

Previous ed.: Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2004.

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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.


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

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