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POLITICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH IN PRACTICE
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| By: |
Akan Malici (Editor), Elizabeth S. Smith (Editor) |
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Electronic book text |
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£44.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1136825959 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781136825958 |
| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
10 September, 2012 |
| Pages: |
216 |
| Synopsis: |
Nothing rings truer to those teaching political science research methods: students hate taking this course. Tackle the challenge and turn the standard research methods teaching model on its head with Political Science Research in Practice. Akan Malici and Elizabeth Smith engage students first with pressing political questions and then demonstrate how a researcher has gone about answering them, walking through real political science research that contributors have conducted. Through the exemplary use of survey research, experiments, field research, case studies, content analysis, interviews, document analysis, statistical research, and formal modeling, each chapter introduces students to a method of empirical inquiry through a specific topic that will spark their interest and curiosity. Each chapter shows the process of developing a research question, how and why a particular method was used, and the rewards and challenges discovered along the way. Students can better appreciate why we need a science of politics-why methods matter-with these first-hand, issue-based discussions.The following features make this an ideal teaching tool: An introductory chapter that succinctly introduces key terms in research methodologyKey terms bolded throughout and defined in a glossaryBroad coverage of the most important methods used in political science research and the major subfields of the disciplineA companion website designed to foster online active learningAn instructor's manual and testbank to help incorporate this innovative text into your syllabus and assessment. |
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10 Line drawings, black and white; 16 Tables, black and white |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Routledge |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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