Ways of knowing : competing methodologies and methods in social and political research

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Author:

Moses, Jonathon Wayne, 1962-

ISBN:

9780230516649

9780230516656

Personal Author:

Moses, Jonathon Wayne, 1962-

Publication Information:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2007.

Physical Description:

xiii , 330 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents:

Introduction -- Philosophy of naturalist science -- The experimental method -- The statistical method -- The comparative method -- History and case studies -- Sowing doubts about the naturalist methodology -- A constructivist philosophy of science -- From story telling to telling histories -- Comparing interpretations -- Contextualizing statistics -- Interpretive experiments -- Conclusion.

Subject Term:

Social sciences -- Methodology.

Social sciences -- Comparative method.

Social sciences -- Research.

Added Author:

Knutsen, Torbjørn L.

Electronic Access:

Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0730/2007026166-b.html
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0730/2007026166-t.html
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0730/2007026166-d.html

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Summary

This major new textbook on methodology in social and political science focuses centrally on the debate between positivist and constructivist approaches. It introduces in a lively and accessible way a range of key issues - from the nature of knowledge to the strengths and weaknesses of the main research methods - showing how methodological pluralism can be combined with intellectual rigour.