Ways of knowing: competing methodologies in social and political research

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. INDICE: Introduction .Philosophy of Naturalist Science .The Experimental Method .The Statistical Method .The Comparative Method .History, Interviews andCase 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

• ISBN: 978-0-230-36068-6
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 368
• Fecha Publicación: 08/06/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido