competing methodologies and methods in social and political research /
First Statement of Responsibility
Jonathon W. Moses and Torbjorn L. Knutsen.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiv, 330 p. ;
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Introduction -- Philosophy of naturalist science -- The experimental method -- The statistical method -- The comparative method -- History and case studies -- Sowing doubts about the naturalist methodology -- A constructivist philosophy of science -- From story telling to telling histories -- Comparing interpretations -- Contextualizing statistics -- Interpretive experiments -- Conclusion.