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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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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.