Political Methodology

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International Organizations and Research Methods

An Introduction

Edited by Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber, and Lucile Maertens
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology

Methodologies for the study of International organizations

Complex Systems in the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Theory, Method and Application

By L. Douglas Kiel & Euel W. Elliott
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology, Mathematics and Engineering

Complexity systems are at the heart of behavior

Formal Modeling in Social Science

By Carol Mershon & Olga Shvetsova
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology, Political Theory

How to move from textbook exercises to using formal modeling in real research.

Process-Tracing Methods

Foundations and Guidelines

2nd Edition

By Derek Beach & Rasmus Brun Pedersen
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology

An essential tool for cutting-edge social science research

Constructivism Reconsidered

Past, Present, and Future

By Patrick James, Mariano E Bertucci, and Jarrod Hayes
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology, International Relations

Explores Constructivism's key influence on IR theory and practice

Interpretive Quantification

Methodological Explorations for Critical and Constructivist IR

By J. Samuel Barkin & Laura Sjoberg
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology, International Relations

Revolutionary volume demonstrates how crossing the positivist and post-positivist divide improves political science research

Causal Case Study Methods

Foundations and Guidelines for Comparing, Matching, and Tracing

By Derek Beach & Rasmus Brun Pedersen
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology

An introduction to causal case study methods, complete with step-by-step guidelines and examples

Undertaking Discourse Analysis for Social Research

By Kevin C. Dunn & Iver B. Neumann
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology

An indispensable guide to the theory, concept, and application of discourse analysis in the social sciences

Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings in the U.S. Senate

Reconsidering the Charade

By Dion Farganis & Justin Wedeking
Subjects: Political Science, Judicial Politics, American Politics, Political Methodology, Law, Supreme Court and Constitutional Law

How much do Supreme Court nominees reveal at their confirmation hearings, and how do their answers affect senators' votes?

Researching Black Communities

A Methodological Guide

Edited by James S. Jackson, Cleopatra Howard Caldwell, and Sherrill L Sellers
Subjects: Psychology, Political Science, Political Methodology, African Studies, Race and Ethnicity, African American Studies

Practical advice for conducting social science research in racial and ethnic minority populations

Psychology and Constructivism in International Relations

An Ideational Alliance

Edited by Vaughn P. Shannon & Paul A. Kowert
Subjects: Political Science, Political Psychology, International Relations, Political Methodology

Psychology and constructivism together offer new ways of understanding international relations

Positive Political Theory I

Collective Preference

By David Austen-Smith & Jeffrey S. Banks
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology, Economics, Micro Economics
Series: Michigan Studies in Political Analysis

A definitive, comprehensive, and analytically sophisticated treatment of the theory of collective preference

Ideology and the Theory of Political Choice

By Melvin J. Hinich & Michael C. Munger
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Political Methodology
Series: Michigan Studies in Political Analysis

A pioneering effort to integrate ideology with formal political theory

Games, Information, and Politics

Applying Game Theoretic Models to Political Science

By Scott Gates & Brian D. Humes
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology, Economics, Micro Economics
Series: Analytical Perspectives on Politics

Explains how game theory can be used to explain political phenomena

Working, Shirking, and Sabotage

Bureaucratic Response to a Democratic Public

By John O. Brehm & Scott Gates
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Political Methodology, Sociology
Series: Michigan Studies in Political Analysis

Examines who influences how federal, state, and local bureaucrats allocate their efforts

Party Competition and Responsible Party Government

A Theory of Spatial Competition Based Upon Insights from Behavioral Voting Research

By James Frolik Adams
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Political Methodology

A marriage of behavioral and formal theory to explain the electoral strategies of political parties

Trust

Representatives and Constituents

By William Bianco
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Political Methodology
Series: Michigan Studies in Political Analysis

Why do electors trust their representatives?

Information and Elections

By R. Michael Alvarez
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Political Methodology
Series: Michigan Studies in Political Analysis

Examines how voters use the information given by candidates and make their decisions about presidential candidates. Updated to include the 1996 election

Turning the Legislative Thumbscrew

Minority Rights and Procedural Change in Legislative Politics

By George Douglas Dion
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Political Methodology

A study of minority rights in legislative politics

Unifying Political Methodology

The Likelihood Theory of Statistical Inference

By Gary King
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology
Series: Techniques in Political Analysis

Argues that likelihood theory is a unifying approach to statistical modeling in political science

Paradigms and Sand Castles

Theory Building and Research Design in Comparative Politics

By Barbara Geddes
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology, Comparative Politics
Series: Analytical Perspectives on Politics

Makes a compelling case for the importance of thoughtful research design and persuasive evidence in theory building

War and the State

The Theory of International Politics

By R. Harrison Wagner
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, Political Methodology

Exposes the deep logical contradictions of Realist political thought and counters it with a new, more robust theory of war

Race and the Politics of Welfare Reform

Edited by Sanford F. Schram, Joe Brian Soss, and Richard Carl Fording
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Political Methodology, African American Studies, History, American History

A searching and succinct restatement of the many ways race and American racial attitudes affect how we talk about the poor--and how we handle the problem of poverty relief

The Psychological Assessment of Political Leaders

With Profiles of Saddam Hussein and Bill Clinton

Edited by Jerrold M. Post
Subjects: Political Science, Political Psychology, Political Methodology, Psychology, Comparative Politics

An effective system of at-a-distance evaluation combined with comprehensive political and psychological profiles

Defensive Internationalism

Providing Public Goods in an Uncertain World

By Davis B. Bobrow & Mark A. Boyer
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, Political Economy, Political Methodology, Comparative Politics
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