Approaches and methodologies in the social sciences a pluralist perspective

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Della Porta, Donatella 1956- (Editor), Keating, Michael 1950- (Editor)
Resource Type:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008.
Subjects:	Social sciences > Research > Methodology.
Online Access:	Table of contents only

Table of Contents:

Introduction / Donatella della Porta and Michael Keating
How many approaches in the social sciences? An epistemological introduction / Donatella della Porta and Michael Keating
Normative political theory and empirical research / Rainer Bauböck
Causal explanation / Adrienne Héritier
Constructivism : what it is (not) and how it matters / Friedrich Kratochwil
Culture and social science / Michael Keating
Historical institutionalism / Sven Steinmo
Game theory / Christine Chwaszcza
Rationality and recognition / Alessandro Pizzorno
Concepts and concept formation / Peter Mair
Comparative analysis : case-oriented versus variable- oriented research / Donatella della Porta
Case studies and process tracing : theories and practices / Pascal Vennesson
Quantitative analysis / Mark Franklin
The design of social and political research / Philippe Schmitter
Ethnographic approaches / Zoe Bray
Comparing approaches, methodologies and methods. Some concluding remarks / Donatella della Porta and Michael Keating