Key Research Concepts in Politics and International Relations

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

This book provides a clear, balanced and accessible introduction to a broad range of methodological concepts and techniques. Research methods can be a challenging area of study for undergraduate students, and this text will be an indispensable guide for students of Politics and International Relations at different stages of their degree. Fidelma Ashe Senior Lecturer in Politics, the University of Ulster Lisa Harrison and Theresa Callan have succeeded in doing what few authors have hitherto managed! They have written a robust introductory text on research methods in the field of Politics and IR which is both clear and accessible and covers all bases succinctly. This book will be a tremendous resource for undergraduates in the field. Dr Nicholas Startin Lecturer in the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies, University of Bath