Christopher Lamont & Mieczyslaw P. P. Boduszynski 
Research Methods in Politics and International Relations [PDF ebook] 

Chapter 1 Getting Started
Chapter 2 Methodology and Methods in Politics and International Relations
Chapter 3 The Purpose of Theory
Chapter 4 Research Ethics
Chapter 5 Formulating a Research Question
Chapter 6 Compiling and Writing a Literature Review
Chapter 7 Research Design
Chapter 8 Single Case Study Design
Chapter 9 Comparative Case Study Design
Chapter 10 Interview Research
Chapter 11 Surveys and Questionnaires
Chapter 12 Documents, Texts, and Archival Research
Chapter 13 Discourse, Thematic, and Content Analysis
Chapter 14 Descriptive Statistics
Chapter 15 Inferential Statistical Analysis
Chapter 16 Correlation Tests and Regression Analysis
Chapter 17 Writing Up Your Paper
Chapter 18 Final Hurdles and Looking Forward

Mieczyslaw P. Boduszynski is Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at Pomona College in Claremont, California, USA. He has been a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Zagreb and taught courses at universities in Japan, Egypt, Albania, and France. His research interests include democracy and human rights promotion; U.S. foreign policy; democratic transitions and authoritarian backsliding; and the politics of transitional justice. He is the author of two books: Regime Change in the Yugoslav Successor States (Johns Hopkins 2010) and U.S. Democracy Promotion in the Arab World (Lynne Rienner 2019). In addition to his scholarly contributions, his writings have also been featured in Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy, among other outlets. Boduszynski also has substantial experience as a practitioner, having spent a decade as a U.S. diplomat and has worked a year each in the U.S. Congress and Department of Defense as a policy advisor. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley.