| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 365 pages) |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 design essential for a good research proposal |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-347) and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology
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Social sciences -- Research.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Research.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Methodology.
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Social sciences -- Research
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Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology
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Sozialwissenschaften
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Wissenschaftstheorie
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Methodologie
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Sozialwissenschaften -- Methode.
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Sozialwissenschaften -- Forschung.
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Scienze sociali -- metodologia.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Della Porta, Donatella, 1956-
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Keating, Michael, 1950-
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| ISBN |
0511428499 |
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9780511428494 |
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9780511650154 |
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0511650159 |
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9780511429200 |
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0511429207 |
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9780511801938 |
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0511801939 |
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9780511574306 |
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0511574304 |
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6612390522 |
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9786612390524 |
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1107386586 |
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9781107386587 |
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1107200156 |
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9781107200159 |
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