Political Research Methods Books

New and Published Books

1. The Politics of Exile

   By Elizabeth Dauphinee

   Series: Interventions

   Written in both autoethnographical and narrative form, The Politics of Exile offers unique insight into the complex encounter of researcher with research subject in the context of the Bosnian War and its aftermath. Exploring themes of personal and civilizational guilt, of displaced and fractured...

   Published January 22nd 2013 by Routledge
2. Writing Research Critically

   Developing the power to make a difference

   By John Schostak, Jill Schostak

   This is not a standard guide to writing a dissertation, thesis, project report, journal article or book. Rather, this book will help researchers who are dissatisfied with the typical recipe approaches to standardised forms of writing-up and want to explore how academic writing can be used to...

   Published November 25th 2012 by Routledge
3. Traditionalism, Conservatism and British Political Culture (Routledge Revivals)

   By Bob Jessop

   First published in 1974, this study of British political culture provides a radical critique of contemporary theories of working class deference and voting patterns. Drawing not only on previously unpublished opinion poll data but also the evidence of his own surveys, the author provides convincing...

   Published October 21st 2012 by Routledge
4. Research Methods in Critical Security Studies

   An Introduction

   Edited by Mark B. Salter, Can E. Mutlu

   This new textbook surveys new and emergent methods for doing research in critical security studies, thereby filling a large gap in the literature of this emerging field. New or critical security studies is growing as a field, but still lacks a clear methodology; the diverse range of the main foci...

   Published October 21st 2012 by Routledge
5. Understanding Research

   Coping with the Quantitative - Qualitative Divide

   By M.I. Franklin

   Planning, undertaking and completing a research project – from dissertations to presentations - can be a daunting undertaking for any student, involving a number of easily taken mis-steps for those without adequate guidance. The objective of any research project is to gather data, analyse it based...

   Published October 17th 2012 by Routledge
6. Studies in Trans-Disciplinary Method

   After the Aesthetic Turn

   By Michael Shapiro

   Series: Interventions

   This groundbreaking and innovative text addresses the deep ontological and epistemological commitments that underpin conventional positivist methods and then demonstrates how "method" can be understood in much broader and more interesting ways. Drawing on a broad range of philosophical and...

   Published September 9th 2012 by Routledge
7. The Mutual Construction of Statistics and Society

   Edited by Ann Rudinow Saetnan, Heidi Mork Lomell, Svein Hammer

   Series: Routledge Advances in Research Methods

   Statistics are often seen as simple, straightforward, and objective descriptions of society. However, what we choose to count, what we choose not to count, who does the counting, and the categories and values we choose to apply when counting, matter. This volume addresses the ways in which...

   Published September 4th 2012 by Routledge
8. Research Methods: The Key Concepts

   By Michael Hammond, Jerry Wellington

   Series: Routledge Key Guides

   This invaluable resource provides a comprehensive overview of the many methods and methodologies of social research. Each entry provides a critical definition and examines the value and difficulties of a particular method or methodology of concept across different fields of social research....

   Published August 16th 2012 by Routledge
9. Qualitative Methods in Military Studies

   Research Experiences and Challenges

   Edited by Helena Carreiras, Celso Castro

   Series: Cass Military Studies

   This book examines the methodology of qualitative research in military studies. Since the end of the Cold War, the number of studies on military and society has grown substantially in substance, size and impact. However, only a tiny part of this bibliography deals in depth with the research...

   Published July 26th 2012 by Routledge
10. E-Research

    Transformation in Scholarly Practice

    Edited by Nicholas W. Jankowski

    Series: Routledge Advances in Research Methods

    No less than a revolutionary transformation of the research enterprise is underway. This transformation extends beyond the natural sciences, where 'e-research' has become the modus operandi, and is penetrating the social sciences and humanities, sometimes with differences in accent and label. Many...

    Published July 26th 2012 by Routledge