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Approaches and methodologies in the social sciences : a pluralist perspective /

This volume will empower students to choose their own approach to research in the social sciences, to justify this approach, & to situate it within the discipline. It addresses questions of ontology, epistemology & philosophy of social science, as well as issues of methodology & research...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Della Porta, Donatella, 1956-, Keating, Michael, 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Donatella della Porta and Michael Keating
  • How many approaches in the social sciences? An epistemological introduction / Donatella della Porta and Michael Keating
  • Normative political theory and empirical research / Rainer Bauböck
  • Causal explanation / Adrienne Héritier
  • Constructivism : what it is (not) and how it matters / Friedrich Kratochwil
  • Culture and social science / Michael Keating
  • Historical institutionalism / Sven Steinmo
  • Game theory / Christine Chwaszcza
  • Rationality and recognition / Alessandro Pizzorno
  • Concepts and concept formation / Peter Mair
  • Comparative analysis : case-oriented versus variable-oriented research / Donatella della Porta
  • Case studies and process tracing : theories and practices / Pascal Vennesson
  • Quantitative analysis / Mark Franklin
  • The design of social and political research / Philippe Schmitter
  • Ethnographic approaches / Zoe Bray
  • Comparing approaches, methodologies and methods. Some concluding remarks / Donatella della Porta and Michael Keating.