Approaches and methodologies in the social sciences : a pluralist perspective / / edited by Donatella Della Porta and Michael Keating [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454538103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008
• ISBN: 1-107-38658-6; 1-107-20015-6; 0-511-80193-9; 0-511-65015-9; 0-511-42849-9; 0-511-57430-4; 0-511-42920-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 365 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 300.72
• Soggetti: Social sciences - Research - Methodology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction; Big questions; National traditions and cross-national influences; The chapters; Part I Epistemology and philosophy of the social sciences; 2 How many approaches in the social sciences? An epistemological introduction; 3 Normative political theory and empirical research; 4 Causal explanation; 5 Constructivism: what it is (not) and how it matters; 6 Culture and social science; 7 Historical institutionalism; 8 Game theory; 9 Rationality and recognition; Part II Research design; 10 Concepts and concept formation11 Comparative analysis: case-oriented versus variable-oriented research; 12 Case studies and process tracing: theories and practices; 13 Quantitative analysis; 14 The design of social and political research; 15 Ethnographic approaches; 16 Comparing approaches, methodologies and methods. Some concluding remarks; Surveying the differences in approaches; Where do we go and how?; References; Glossary; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A revolutionary textbook introducing masters and doctoral students to the major research approaches and methodologies in the social sciences. Written by an outstanding set of scholars, and derived from successful course teaching, this volume will empower students to choose their own approach to research, to justify this approach, and to situate it within the discipline. It addresses questions of ontology, epistemology and philosophy of social science, and proceeds to issues of methodology and research design essential for producing a good research proposal. It also introduces researchers to the main issues of debate and contention in the methodology of social sciences, identifying commonalities, historic continuities and genuine differences.

Trust in the capacities of the people, distrust in elites / / Kenneth Good

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910788078403321
• Autore: Good Kenneth <1933->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-4985-0245-8; 1-4985-0244-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (285 p.)
• Disciplina: 321.8
• Soggetti: Democratization; Elite (Social sciences) - Political activity; Legitimacy of governments
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; 1 Athenian Participatory Democracy, 508-322 BCE; 2 Democratization in Britain; 3 Democratization in South Africa; 4 Democracy in the Capitalist Heartlands; 5 Democratization from Portugal to Poland, 1970s-1990s, and in Tunisia and Egypt Since 2010; 6 Democratization in South Africa; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: <span><span>Democratization is conceived as an unending struggle by the poor majority against the small elite of wealth, status, and power. This book is a critical, comparative, and global approach to the study of democratization and the participants who bring the processes and actual struggles alive.</span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span>