Lisa Harrison & Theresa Callan 
Key Research Concepts in Politics and International Relations [EPUB ebook] 

From action research to validity, this innovative and informative text is an invaluable guide to a variety of core research concepts in both political science and international relations.

Key Features:

– Each entry is consistently structured, providing: a clear definition, a focused explanation, a summary of current debates and areas of research, further reading, and references to other related concepts.

– Explains how and why particular research methods are used and highlights alternative research concepts and strategies.

– Cross-relates entries, enabling you to dip in to topics and follow threads throughout the book.

– Packed with illuminating examples to help you to apply theory to the ′real world′ of political analysis.

An essential companion for students of Politics and International Relations at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Tabela de Conteúdo

Indroduction

Action Research

Autobiography/Biography Research

Behaviourialism

Case Studies

Causality and Correlations

Comparative Method

Concepts

Content Analysis

Deduction/Induction

Discourse Analysis

Documentary Analysis

Ecological Fallacy

Empirical Analysis

Epistemology

Ethics

Ethnography and Ethnomethodology

Evidence-based Policy Making (EBPM)

Feminism/Feminist Methodologies

Focus Groups

Hypothesis-Testing and Inference

Interviewing

Levels of Measurement

Methods

Methodology

Narratives

Observation

Official Data

Ontology

Paradigm

Positivism

Post-postivism

Presenting Quantitative Analysis

Primary Sources

Qualitative Methods

Quantitative Methods

Rational-Choice

Realism

Reliability

Sampling

Secondary Analysis

Survey Design

Theory

Triangulation

Validity

Variables

Index