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Political science research methods in action

Through accounts from innovative research projects by world-leading political scientists, this volume offers a unique perspective on research methodology. It discusses the practical and intellectual dilemmas researchers face throughout the research process in a wide range of fields from implicit att...

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Group Author: Bruter, Michael, 1975-; Lodge, Martin.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Research methods series
Subjects:
Political science & theory.
Social research & statistics.
Politics and Government.
Online Access: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137318268
Summary: Through accounts from innovative research projects by world-leading political scientists, this volume offers a unique perspective on research methodology. It discusses the practical and intellectual dilemmas researchers face throughout the research process in a wide range of fields from implicit attitude testing to media analysis and interviews.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230367753, 2013.
Carrier Form: 272 p. : 13 figures, 7.
ISBN: 9780230367753
9781137318268 :
1137318260 :
CLC: D0
Contents: 1. Introduction: Writer's Block-- Michael Bruter and Martin Lodge PART I: APPROACHING AND MEASURING SOCIAL SCIENCE OBJECTS 2. Measuring the Immeasurable? Capturing Citizens' European Identity-- Michael Bruter 3. Decoding Manifestoes and other Political Texts - the Case of Extreme Right Ideology-- Sarah Harrison 4. Reaction Time Measures in Implicit Attitudes Research-- Brad Verhulst and Milton Lodge 5. Studying Party Choice-- Mark Franklin and Maja Renko 6. Into the Archives-- Ben Wellings PART II: MAKING SENSE OF DATA 7. Euro-Visions: An Analysis of Visual Imagery in Television News-- Jessica Bain and Natalia Chaban 8. When Access is Restricted: Craftiness and Combining Methods in the Study of a Secretive Elite-- Julie Gervais 9. Semi-Structured Interviews and Informal Institutions: Getting Inside Executive Government-- Martin Lodge 10. Error-Correction as a Concept and as a Method: Time Series Analysis of Policy-Opinion Responsiveness-- Will Jennings 11. Working Backwards? Using Simulation to Sort out Empirical Inconsistencies-- Robert Erikson, Aaron Strauss and Michael Bruter 12. Conclusion-- Michael Bruter and Martin Lodge.

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