Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Political Science

Contents:

Introduction by the Editors

PART I POLITICAL SCIENCE: RANGE, SCOPE AND CONTESTED METHODOLOGIES

1. Political Science: Researching a Multifaceted Topic in Essentially Contested Ways
Philippe C. Schmitter

2. Epistemology and Approaches: Logic, Causation and Explanation
Dirk Berg-Schlosser

3. Taking Critical Ontology Seriously: Implications for Political Science Methodology
Angela Wigger, Laura Horn

4. Relating Theory and Concepts to Measurements: Bridging the Gap
Paul Pennings

5. On Time and Space: The Historical Dimension in Political Science
Hans Keman

6. Systems Theory: The Search for a General Theory of Politics
Hans Keman

PART II APPROACHES: EXPLORING POLITICAL INTERACTIONS
7. Applying Multilevel Governance
Arjan H. Schakel

8. Regime Types: Measuring Democracy and Autocracy
Manfred G. Schmidt

9. Institutional Analysis: Progress and Problems
B. Guy Peters

10. Political Actors: Parties - Interest Groups - Government
Nicole Bolleyer

11. Social Movements and Political Action
Bert Klandermans

12. International Relations and Transnational Politics
Andreas Noelke

13. Political Economy: Economic Miracles and Socio-Economic Performance
Barbara Vis, Jaap J. Woldendorp and Kees Van Kersbergen

14. Political Theory and its Normative Methods
Keith Dowding

PART III ANALYZING POLITICS: DATA - CONCEPTS - TECHNIQUES
15. Organizing and Developing Data Sets: Exemplified by Party Government Dataset
Jaap J. Woldendorp

16. Political Institutions
Klaus Armingeon

17. Studying Voting Behavior
Joop J.M. Van Holsteyn and Galen A. Irwin

18. The Role of High Quality Surveys in Political Science Research
Sarah Butt, Sally Widdop and Lizzy Winstone

19. Quantitative Data Analysis in Political Science
Paul Pennings

20. Models in Political Science: Forms and Purposes
Robin E. Best and Michael D. McDonald

21. Qualitative Methods in Political Science
Selen A. Ercan and David Marsh

22. Multilevel Regression Analysis
Jan Kleinnijenhuis

PART IV RESEARCH TOOLS: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE APPLICATIONS
23. Studying How Policies Affect the People: Grappling with Measurement, Causality and the Macro-Micro Divide
Staffan Kumlin and Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen

24. Regression Analysis
Uwe Wagschal

25. Configurational Comparative Methods (QCA And Fuzzy Sets): Complex Causation in Cross-Case Analysis
Benoit Rihoux

26. Discourse Analysis, Social Constructivism and Text Analysis: A Critical Overview
David Howarth and Steven Griggs

27. Case Study Analysis
Esther Seha and Ferdinand Mueller-Rommel

28. Cluster Analysis
Uwe Wagschal

29. The Logic of process tracing: contributions, pitfalls and future directions
Sherry Zaks

PART V EVALUATION AND RELEVANCE OF RESEARCH OUTPUT
30. Political Science Research and its Political Relevance
Ben Crum

31. What's Methodology Got to Do With it? Public Policy Evaluations, Observational Analysis and Rcts
Edward C. Page

32. Re-Analysis, Testability and Falsification
Jan-Erik Lane

33. The Art of Publishing: How to Report and Submit Your Findings
Richard S. Katz

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• Pesquisa e estatística social
• Teoria e ciência política
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Applied and fundamental knowledge on Methods; Approaches and their usefulness in [social and] political science; Meta-theoretical issues and the practice of doing research; General political science topics; Systemic approaches to politics; Hands-on information on research topics and methods