Research Methods in Politics / Peter Burnham

By: Burnham, Peter [author]Material type: TextTextSeries: Political analysis (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))Publication details: China : Palgrave, c2004Description: xii, 308 pagesISBN: 0333962540Subject(s): EDUCATIONAL TOOLSLOC classification: JA 86 .R47 2004
Contents:
Chapter1. The discipline of politics -- Chapter2. Research design -- Chapter3. Comparative methodology -- Chapter4. Surveys and opinion polls -- Chapter5. Descriptive statistics -- Chapter6. Making inferences -- Chapter7. Documentary and archival analysis -- Chapter8. The Internet and political research -- Chapter9. Elite interviewing -- Chapter10. Participant observation and the analysis of communications -- Chapter11. Ethics and political research -- Chapter12. Conclusion: challenging the mainstream and the qualitative/quantitative divide .
Summary: This major new text provides a comprehensive introduction to the main research methods employed in the study of politics. The book is illustrated throughout with boxed examples of real political research.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter1. The discipline of politics -- Chapter2. Research design -- Chapter3. Comparative methodology -- Chapter4. Surveys and opinion polls -- Chapter5. Descriptive statistics -- Chapter6. Making inferences -- Chapter7. Documentary and archival analysis -- Chapter8. The Internet and political research -- Chapter9. Elite interviewing -- Chapter10. Participant observation and the analysis of communications -- Chapter11. Ethics and political research -- Chapter12. Conclusion: challenging the mainstream and the qualitative/quantitative divide .

This major new text provides a comprehensive introduction to the main research methods employed in the study of politics. The book is illustrated throughout with boxed examples of real political research.

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