Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction: Writer's Block; Michael Bruter and Martin Lodge -- PART I: APPROACHING AND MEASURING SOCIAL SCIENCE OBJECTS -- 2. Measuring the Immeasurable? Capturing Citizens' European Identity; Michael Bruter -- 3. Decoding Manifestoes and other Political Texts -- the Case of Extreme Right Ideology; Sarah Harrison -- 4. Reaction Time Measures in Implicit Attitudes Research; Brad Verhulst and Milton Lodge -- 5. Studying Party Choice; Mark Franklin and Maja Renko -- 6. Into the Archives; Ben Wellings -- PART II: MAKING SENSE OF DATA -- 7. Euro-Visions: An Analysis of Visual Imagery in Television News; Jessica Bain and Natalia Chaban -- 8. When Access is Restricted: Craftiness and Combining Methods in the Study of a Secretive Elite; Julie Gervais -- 9. Semi-Structured Interviews and Informal Institutions: Getting Inside Executive Government; Martin Lodge -- 10. Error-Correction as a Concept and as a Method: Time Series Analysis of Policy-Opinion Responsiveness; Will Jennings -- 11. Working Backwards? Using Simulation to Sort out Empirical Inconsistencies; Robert Erikson, Aaron Strauss and Michael Bruter -- 12. Conclusion; Michael Bruter and Martin Lodge.
Summary:
"What are the common challenges that researchers face when designing and performing research? What are the choices and trade-offs that social scientists encounter when seeking to implement a fascinating idea? This volume brings together world-leading scholars from a range of political research methodologies and sub-areas in order to show how they have dealt with these challenges during the research process. Looking at every stage of the research process, Political Science Research Methods in Action showcases common problems that affect diverse research approaches and shows how they were encountered and resolved. Aiming to help researchers - whether new or experienced - to take control of their research, this volume brings the research process to life and shows how actual research is 'done' within the frameworks of core methodological principles that guide research design"-- Provided by publisher.
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