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  1. The Future of Political Science

    100 Perspectives

    Edited by Gary King, Kay L. Schlozman, Norman Nie

    This book contains some of the newest, most exciting ideas now percolating among political scientists, from hallway conversations to conference room discussions. To spur future research, enrich classroom teaching, and direct non-specialist attention to cutting-edge ideas, a distinguished group of...

    Published March 22nd 2009 by Routledge

  2. Surviving Field Research

    Working in Violent and Difficult Situations

    Edited by Chandra Lekha Sriram, John C. King, Julie A. Mertus, Olga Martin-Ortega, Johanna Herman

    In recent decades there has been increasing attention to mass atrocities such as genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other gross human rights violations. At the same time, there has been a vast increase in the number of academics and researchers seeking to analyze the causes of, and...

    Published May 27th 2009 by Routledge

  3. Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics

    An Introduction, 3rd Edition

    By Todd Landman, Todd Landman

    Building on the strengths of the second edition, this highly regarded textbook continues to provide the best introduction to the strategies of comparative research in political science. Divided into three parts, the book begins by examining different methods, applying these methods to dominant...

    Published April 29th 2008 by Routledge

  4. Political Research

    An Introduction

    By Lisa Harrison

    Political Research: An Introduction has been designed to provide an excellent starting point for those new to the area of Research Methods. It assumes no prior knowledge of the subject and sets out the key issues involved in doing research in Politics. It guides students through a complex and often...

    Published June 13th 2001 by Routledge

  5. Interpretive Research Design

    Concepts and Processes

    By Peregrine Schwartz-Shea, Dvora Yanow

    Series: Routledge Series on Interpretive Methods

    Research design is fundamental to all scientific endeavors, at all levels and in all institutional settings. In many social science disciplines, however, scholars working in an interpretive-qualitative tradition get little guidance on this aspect of research from the positivist-centered training...

    Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge

  6. 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

  7. Understanding Peace Research

    Methods and Challenges

    Edited by Kristine Hoglund, Magnus Oberg

    This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of different methods and sources of information-gathering for peace and conflict students and researchers, as well as the challenges presented by such work. Research on conflict-ridden societies carries special challenges for the collection and...

    Published February 28th 2011 by Routledge

  8. A Positive Political Theory Primer

    2nd Edition

    By Peter C. Ordeshook

    A Positive Political Theory Primer is designed to introduce students to the application of game theory to modeling political processes. This accessible text covers the essential aspects of game theory while keeping the reader constantly in touch with why political science as a whole would benefit...

    To Be Published January 31st 2014 by Routledge

  9. New Directions in Genocide Research

    Edited by Adam Jones

    Genocide studies is a relatively new field of comparative inquiry, but recent years have seen an increasing range of themes and subject-matter being addressed that reflect a variety of features of the field and transformations within it. This edited book brings together established scholars with...

    Published November 29th 2011 by Routledge

  10. Conducting Terrorism Field Research

    A Guide

    Edited by Adam Dolnik

    Series: Contemporary Terrorism Studies

    This book offers a detailed and practically oriented guide to the challenges of conducting terrorist fieldwork. The past decade has seen an explosion of research into terrorism. However, field research on terrorism has traditionally been surrounded by many myths, and has been called anything from "...

    To Be Published February 25th 2013 by Routledge

  11. Peace Research

    Theory and Practice

    By Peter Wallensteen

    Series: Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution

    Comprising essays by Peter Wallensteen, this book presents an overview of the thematic development of peace research, which has become one of the most dynamic and innovative areas of war and conflict studies. Peace research began in the 1950s when centres were formed in the USA and Europe, and...

    Published June 29th 2011 by Routledge