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Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences : a Pluralist Perspective.
A new textbook for masters and doctoral students introducing the major research approaches and methodologies in the social sciences.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction; Big questions; National traditions and cross-national influences; The chapters; Part I Epistemology and philosophy of the social sciences; 2 How many approaches in the social sciences? An epistemological introduction; 3 Normative political theory and empirical research; 4 Causal explanation; 5 Constructivism: what it is (not) and how it matters; 6 Culture and social science; 7 Historical institutionalism; 8 Game theory; 9 Rationality and recognition; Part II Research design.
- 10 Concepts and concept formation11 Comparative analysis: case-oriented versus variable-oriented research; 12 Case studies and process tracing: theories and practices; 13 Quantitative analysis; 14 The design of social and political research; 15 Ethnographic approaches; 16 Comparing approaches, methodologies and methods. Some concluding remarks; Surveying the differences in approaches; Where do we go and how?; References; Glossary; In.