LEADER 03875nam 22006492 450 001 9910454538103321 005 20151005020624.0 010 $a1-107-38658-6 010 $a1-107-20015-6 010 $a0-511-80193-9 010 $a0-511-65015-9 010 $a0-511-42849-9 010 $a0-511-57430-4 010 $a0-511-42920-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000690519 035 $a(EBL)358875 035 $a(OCoLC)437222502 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000334795 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11255950 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000334795 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10270840 035 $a(PQKB)11368160 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511801938 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC358875 035 $a(PPN)223742414 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL358875 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10250526 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL239052 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000690519 100 $a20101021d2008|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aApproaches and methodologies in the social sciences $ea pluralist perspective /$fedited by Donatella Della Porta and Michael Keating$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 365 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-70966-0 311 $a0-521-88322-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $a10 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 330 $aA 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. 517 3 $aApproaches & Methodologies in the Social Sciences 606 $aSocial sciences$xResearch$xMethodology 615 0$aSocial sciences$xResearch$xMethodology. 676 $a300.72 702 $aDella Porta$b Donatella$f1956- 702 $aKeating$b Michael$f1950- 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454538103321 996 $aApproaches and methodologies in the social sciences$91439317 997 $aUNINA