紹介
The revised second edition of this innovative textbook on methodology in social and political science focuses centrally on the debate between positivist and constructivist approaches. Lively and accessible, the book introduces a range of key issues which show how methodological pluralism can be combined with intellectual rigor.
目次
Introduction Philosophy of Naturalist Science The Experimental Method The Statistical Method The Comparative Method History, Interviews and Case Studies Sowing Doubts about the Naturalist Methodology A Constructivist Philosophy of Science From Story-Telling to Telling Histories Comparing Contexts Contextualizing Statistics Interpretive Experiments Conclusion